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- From: RONEAL@lexmark.com (Randy O'Neal)
- Subject: RE: Radio Joke
- Message-ID: <168A5CE8F.RONEAL@lexmark.com>
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- References: <1992Nov20.122754.4162@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:41:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.122754.4162@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
-
- >
- >
- >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!"
-
- This reminds me of a similar joke, where a guy is laying bricks at a new house
- when a monkey wanders by and begins to pester the guy. Finally, the monkey
- climbs a tree with a brick, throws the brick up in the air and screams
- RADIO!... dumb stares erupt from the listeners...
-
- Then, the second joke begins... A lady with a baby and a man with a cigar are
- flying coast to coast. The baby drives the man nuts as the cigar drives the
- lady nuts. They finally agree to throw both out of the plane. When the baby
- comes down, what does he have in his mouth??? A brick...
-
- Man, the things we called humor in high school...
-
-
- Randy O'Neal RONEAL@lexmark.com Printer Attach Software Development
- Lexmark International, Inc.
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