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- Path: sparky!uunet!s5!sethb
- From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
- Subject: Re: How to explain?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.012132.6962@fid.morgan.com>
- Organization: my opinions only
- References: <1992Nov17.050113.5875@sfu.ca> <thurlow.722370264@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:21:32 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <thurlow.722370264@convex.convex.com> thurlow@convex.com
- (Robert Thurlow) writes:
-
- >There are three classes of people I _never_ joke with: income tax agents,
- >airport security personnel, and people at border crossings. These people
- >are lifeforms that are specially bred to remove all traces of a sense of
- >humor.
-
- You just haven't found the right ones, and you have to tell the right
- jokes. (There are only a few accounting jokes, so chances are IRS
- agents have heard them all; but if you get a new one, you can tell
- it.) I haven't joked with airport security personnel.
-
- Lest you think that border guards have no senses of humor, consider
- the following (true) story:
-
- A southern (US) couple decides to visit Canada. They drive up to the
- border, and ask the Canadian border guard (using very emphasized
- pronunciation, as one would do for a foreigner who speaks a different
- language) "Do you speak English?". With a big smile, the guard
- replied "How nice of you to learn our language before vising our
- country!"
-
- Seth sethb@fid.morgan.com
-