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- From: efbasham@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Everett Fred Basham)
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:44:01 GMT
- Subject: Green Golf Ball Joke
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-
- I'm sorry - I can't post the green golf ball joke. The last time It went
- around the company, people were xeroxing it and posting it at all the coffee
- stations and in the xerox room. It costs too much in productivity from all
- the people reading it and then laughing for the next 2-24 hours. Think about
- it -- If you add up all of the money they are being paid to laugh their
- guts out, it turns out to be a _very_ expensive joke. It's commonly filtered
- from all of the .com's out there.
-
- So here's a replacement (not _nearly_ as funny though)
-
- I was in a college physics course discussing electromagnetic theory. The
- professor (Vladimir) had recently immigrated to the United States and was not
- versed in our slang. He was preparing to give a demonstration on how like
- charges repel -- using two styrofoam spheres suspended from threads at the
- lecture table. He began:
-
- "Ok, I demonstrate like charges repel. Zhou vil notice I hav two balls."
-
- (add accent as appropriate.)
-
- And one guy from the back of the lecture hall yells out...
-
- "So do I!"
-
- Now, the classroom busts out in laughter (college - what a concept). But
- the funniest part is that the Prof. doesn't understand why.
-
- "Vhat is it? Vhy is evrybody laughink?"
-
- Mildly bothered by the uncontrolled response, he proceeds to continue with
- the demonstration (which involves creating a charge on a rod of amber by
- rubbing it with a piece of rabbit's fur)
-
- "OK, Now, I am charging my rod" as he vigirously strokes his amber with
- the rabbits fur to generate a static
- charge.
-
- Keeping the classroom's frame of mind, this action promotes even further
- uproar and confusion on the Prof's part. He just can't figure Americans
- out!
-
- I don't know what was funnier - the dialog or the confusion on the poor
- guy's face. It's a course in physics, not comedy - yet the class laughs
- every time he trys to do something.
-
- Well - not as funny as the green golf ball joke - but It's the only other
- ball joke that comes to mind. **Please do _NOT_ post the green golf ball
- joke!** If you want it - send e-mail. I've got a copy stashed.
-
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