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There are two rules for success in life:
Rule 1: Don't tell people everything you know.
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"Don't feel bad because you live in Cleveland. You know, all over the
world, in all countries, it is the same. Every country has a city to make fun
of. In United States, it is Cleveland. In Soviet Union, it is Cleveland."
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From Carl Sukkot:
Why is Poland just like the United States?
In the United States you can't buy anything for zlotys and in
Poland you can't either, while in the U.S. you can get whatever you
want for dollars, just as you can in Poland.
And the american word for edible flesh is the same in bothe countries:
Meat in Us corresponds to Myth in polish (in the sence that it's something you
have heard about but never see ib real life)
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By the way, a related gem is the radio commercial in which some lady
takes her car to a dishonest mechanic, who explains that she needs to
have her "Fahrvergnator" replaced.
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In a similar vein, my uncle, a sailor told me this supposedly true story.
The standard procedure, after spending the shore leave in a foreign port,
for getting back to the ship before sail time was to show the cab driver
a note which has the transcript of the most prominent sign around the pier.
So these sailors were in Hamburg and the cab driver nodded knowingly when
he saw the note. However very soon he stopped the car in a place nowhere
near the shore. When asked by the puzzled looks, he pointed to a small
sign that has the same word on it as the note:"Herrentoilette".
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A friend of mine claims to have observed the following incident at the
US-Canada border:
A couple of US tourists come to the border, and speaking very slowly and
distinctly (but with a strong southern accent), the husband asks "Do you
speak English?"
The border guard replies, "How nice of you to learn our language before
visiting our country."
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In the wake of the recent court victory by Lotus over concerning
copyright infringement, Microsoft Inc. announced today that they are
suing Lotus for infringing on their lawsuit copyrights. "We have
examined the text of the Lotus lawsuits and have determined that they
violate our copyright on look-and-feel lawsuits," a spokesman for
Microsoft said. "A lot of effort was spent developing the concept of
look-and-feel lawsuits and Lotus is capitalizing on our work." At the
same time, Microsoft filed for a patent on look-and-feel lawsuits.
A federal judge granted a preliminary injuction against Lotus,
preventing them from pursuing further lawsuits on the basis of copyright
infringement until formal briefs could be filed by both sides. Borland
stock jumped 1 5/8 on the news.
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In a suprise move today, Judaism filed suit against the Catholic Church,
claiming Catholisism copied the "look and feel" of the religion.
Judaism, which has held the patent on the concept of a mono-theistic
religion for over 3500 years as well as the copyright on Yahweh(R), The
Old Testament(C), and the use of "CH"(tm) for the "H" sound, is suing for 2000
years of back royalties. They are also asking that the court disallow
the use of the term "Judeo-Christian" from all textbooks.
The Pope was unavailable for comment, but a spokeman from the Vatican
stated the suit was unfounded as the patent on the concepts shared by
the two religions has long expired, and that the suit violates the
separation of church and state. More news as the case develops.
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[ First, a little explanation: Switzerland is divided into so-called
Kantons which are similar to -- but of course much smaller than -- your
concept of states. One such "state" is the state of Appenzell whose
inhabitants have a reputation of both being of a small build and being
fairly witty.]
A farmer from Texas visits a farmer in Appenzell. The Appenzell farmer,
playing the amiable host, shows the Texan around. Upon seing the farm
house, the Texan exclaims: "Gee, my farm house is much bigger. Even my
dog's hut is larger than your farm house." Of course, things go on like
that for a while, until the Texan farmer boasts: "In fact, it takes me
two days to drive around the perimeter of all of my possessings." The
Appenzell farmer sucks pensively on his pipe [they always do that] and
replies: "Yeah, I know. I used to own a car like that myself!"
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As told by Jack Berkery:
Many years ago, when I first bought a Commodore-64 for my kids, I got a game
which just drew nice things on the screen. You know the type, hit D for draw,
M for move, C to change the color and befor long you have a screen full of
geometric shapes, lines and colors. Not all that exciting for us perhaps, but
kids get a kick out of doing it.
Well, Tommy, my four year old, wanted to have a go at it, so I turned it on
and showed him some things he could do with it and went upstairs to take a
shower. 30 minutes later, I came back to see the screen full of some very
interesting designs. Circles, squares, triangles, all different colors, criss-
crossed with solid lines, dashed lines, lines of every type and color. Much of
it using options and functions I had never shown him and should have taken
several days to have mastered.
I was amazed to say the least. "Wow Tommy! That's great" I said, "Show me how
you did that." And he did. He took hold of the keyboard with both hands and
bashed his forehead into it several times.
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Ride a Harley,
Ride the best,
Ride a mile,
Walk the rest.
Did you ever notice that all Harley owners also own pickups?
The other day I went riding on my rice-burner. My friend was on his
kraut-cycle. We took a winding road, and in front of us was a pickup
truck with a Harley in the back. We were taking the scenic route, stopping
to admire the view, etc, but the truck never left the route for the interstate.
Finally we realized that that is how you take your Harley out for a long
ride.
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Q: How many gun-banners does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Let the police do it---private citizens can't be trusted
with light bulbs.
Q: How many constitutional amendments does it take to protect
the right to change light bulbs?
A: Make as many as you want, they'll just be ignored anyway.
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Subject: April showers bring Henry Cate III archives in May :-)
The Right wants to run your life according to tradition. The
Left wants to run your life according to their dreams of a
perfect society. Wouldn't you rather just run your own life?
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A new Steve Wright:
I have masking tape across my mirrors so I
don't get sucked into an alternate dimension.
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" Never trust a computer you can't lift. " - Stan Masor
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The Winchester, MA Town Directory's entry for the "League of Women Voters"
is listed instead as the "League of Women Vultures."
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A sign:
"This might just be that one in ten billion chance that the
molecules of your body align perfectly with those of this door, and
you will be able to walk right through it. Go ahead, try it!"
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So what did you say?
Speaking of signs, the San Jose Library commissioned a sign proclaiming
"Welcome!" in
and hung outside the library, all 30-50 feet of it, and a gardener came
in to the library and wanted to talk to someone about it, but wouldn't say
what the prob was. (He was Filipino(?)). Seems the Tagalog version did not
say "Welcome!". Instead, it proclaimed "Circumcise!", and he was too
embarassed to say this in front of the (predominantly) female library staff.
They found out that four or five of the greetings were incorrect...
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for all those interested in graffiti there is a book
called "Graffiti" by Nigel Rees (Unwin Paperbacks,
London,..4 Vol!)..its a collection of Graffiti by
the author from all over the world
some of the better ones from the book...
" In Iran though drugs are banned u can always get stoned!"
" Drink wet cement & get stoned "
" The grave of Karl Marx is a communist plot"
" Make ur Senators work ..Don't reelect them!"
" Support British Steel...smelt the Iron Lady!"
" Education kills by degrees.."
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Maybe 10 years ago the B&O railroad decided to repaint their RR bridge here
in Newark, DE. It had been covered with *many* messages by the local
residents. Shortly after the new dull green paint job someone with a sense
of humor decided it needed to be "decorated." He/She took white paint and,
in big letters, wrote "LIONEL" (you know, the company that makes the toy
trains) on the bridge. The locals thought it was clever and no additional
"decoration" was done. It even got a write-up in the Philadelphia paper
(Delaware section). Unfortunately for evenone, B&O was not amused. They
came back and repainted the bridge again. And this time it was quickly
covered with the standard "Jim loves Joan" messages. Sigh!
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VMS is like a Soviet railroad train. It's basically industrial-strength, but
when you look at it closely, everything's a little more shabby than you might
like. It gets the job done, but there's no grace to it.
The Mac operating system is like the monorail at Disney World. It's kind of
spectacular and fun, but it doesn't go much of anywhere. Still, the kids like
it.
Unix is like the maritime transit system in an impoverished country. The
ferryboats are dangerous as hell, offer no protection from the weather and leak
like sieves. Every monsoon season a couple of them capsize and drown all the
passengers, but people still line up for them and crowd aboard.
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In Russia, why does going to the dentist usualy involove a major operation?
The dentist has to go in through your ear. <ie. you can't open your mouth>
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Along similar lines: A small, 14-seat plane is circling for a landing
in Atlanta. It's totally fogged in, zero visibility, and suddenly there's
a small electrical fire in the cockpit which disables all of the instruments
and the radio. The pilot continues circling, totally lost, when suddenly
he finds himself flying next to a tall office building. He rolls down the
window (this particular airplane happens to have roll-down windows) and
yells to a person inside the building, "Where are we?" The person responds
"In an airplane!"
The pilot then banks sharply to the right, circles twice, and makes a
perfect landing at Atlanta International.
As the passengers emerge, shaken but unhurt, one of them says to the pilot,
"I'm certainly glad you were able to land safely, but I don't understand
how the response you got was any use." "Simple," responded the pilot.
"I got an answer that was completely accurate and totally irrelevant to
my problem, so I knew it had to be the IBM building."
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i was riding my motorcycle up I-5 from san diego and got pulled
for speeding... for a couple of years (2 i think) the feds required
that motocycle speedometers only went to 85... the conversation went
like this:
CHP: sir, do you know how fast you were going?
me: no officer, my federally mandated speedometer only goes to 85...
when the officer quit laughing he wrote me up for 70...
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At a SAR conference at Camp Philmont some years back, we were eating lunch
with some of the District 2 State Police, and, as per, they started telling
war stories. Andy told about a fellow he pulled over for some sort of mov-
ing violation who was extremely huffy. After he signed the ticket, he said,
"Well, as long as you've got me here, why don't you go ahead and write me
up for something else. That'll save you the trouble of pulling me over
again."
Andy raised his eyebrows, and said, "Okay." He cited the fellow for something
that was wrong with his car.
The guy said, "All right. Why don't you write me another?"
Some people are stubborn to the point of validating Social Darwinism. Before
this fellow finally shut up and let Andy finish the job, he had eleven (11 -
count them!) citations on the seat beside him, four of them moving violations!
Andy ran into this fellow a month or so later at the County Courthouse. The
guy said something like, "You know, the last time I saw you, my mouth sure
cost me a lot of money."
Andy observed to us that there's always something you can cite someone for if
you really want to. Remember that; think it over before you tease a cop.
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I heard about a cop who pulled someone over for speeding. The driver was
being overly mouthy, and succeeded in ticking the officer off. The
officer asked for the drivers liscence, and proceeded to eat it. He then
wrote the driver citation for driving without a liscense.
When the case came up the court, the driver claimed that the officer
had EATEN his liscense.
The officer merely replied: "The drivers statement speaks for itself"
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Los Angeles Times, September 5:
In Venice, California, a policeman was about to ticket a green Corvette in a
parking lot for having expired license tags when a voice said, "Warning! You
are standing too close to the vehicle. Step back!" It was the car's
proximity-activated audio-alarm system speaking. "I'm sorry," replied the
officer as he slipped the citation under a windshield wiper.
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Subject: Shocker!
I'm glad that the drugs straightened out George Bush's heartbeat. It
would have been pretty ugly if they had to resort to shock treatment.
I know what I'm talking about, because my inside sources at Bethesda
Naval Hospital have revealed to me the shock treatment under
consideration would've consisted of John Sununu walking into Bush's
suite and announcing:
"Mr. President, Kitty Kelley's working on a biography of Barbara."
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From Ed Ostigny, GE Aerospace/ASD, Burlington, MA
Submitted by Thomas James, GE Aerospace/GESD, Moorestown, NJ
JAMES@MUPPET.DNET.GE.COM