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- From: nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d
- Subject: RE: Radio Joke
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.122754.4162@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 12:27:54 -0600
- Organization: Memphis State University
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- mlsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN), Lehigh University writes:
-
- > There is a joke that goes "Two elephants are sitting in a bathtub, one
- > says pass the soap, the other replies no soap, radio." Why does he say
- > this and more importantly why is this so funny when I'm drunk and so
- > confusing when I'm sober.
-
- This is a type of joke that dates back at least to the fifties and was
- very poplar with kids. The joke setup may be quite long like a shaggy dog
- story, also poplar at that time, but the punch line is always "Radio!" or
- some other non sequitur ending referring to the word radio.
-
- e.g.
- A polar bear was fishing through a hole in the ice when he fell in.
- He lost his bearing under the water and could not find the hole in the
- ice. Luckily there was another hole which he was able to make large enough
- to climb out. Looking around he saw not far away the original hole in the
- ice. And do you know what was right next to that hole? A RADIO!!
- At this, those in on the joke would bust out laughing and carrying on as if
- it were the funniest joke in the world. The mark was usually a nerdy type or
- other "non-popular" kid who was not a member of the clique. Does this remind
- you of a joke currently gumming up rec.humor??
-
- One more before we lay this piece of trash aside, also concerns a polar bear,
- which was a common theme. A polar bear started walking south through North
- America and a penguin started walking north through South America. As they
- passed each other at the equator, the penguin leaped high in the air and
- yelled, "RADIO!"
-
- I am reminded of a nonsense song in a similar vein:
-
- A bear went over the mountain
- A bear went over the mountain
- A bear went over the mountain
- To see what he could see.
-
- To see what he could see.
- To see what he could see.
- A bear went over the mountain
- To see what he could see.
-
- He stuck his head in a dark hole
- He stuck his head in a dark hole
- The sparks flew out of his asshole
- And burnt his magazine.
-
- Or something like that. Maybe it was just the catchy tune . . .
-
- Another bit of cliquish nonsense of the time was one person yelling down the
- hall to a friend, "TOOPS!" and getting the reply, "YAKEM!" - neither of which
- meant anything. Such fun!
-
- It was a barrel of laughs in the good ol' days!?? But reading rec.humor shows
- that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
-
- BTW, does anyone remember the _original_ shaggy dog story?
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- oo1oo Binary 4s all around. And a "bit-bird" to you too! oo1oo
- oo1oo ------------------------------------------------------ oo1oo
- oo1oo Some people don't know the difference between a grin oo1oo
- oo1oo and a grimace. /s/Dennis (nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu) oo1oo
- oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo
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