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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:17:12 -0600
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- From: Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Curses Soiled Again (was Re: Deep beliefs)
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- On Tue, 22 Dec 1992, Brad Baxter wrote:
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- > >I rather think that all of a sudden, the oath "Jesus Christ!" out of
- > >someone's mouth might not sound so bad.
- > >
- > Jesus and his mother, Mary, were sitting in there home when Jesus
- > jumped up, ran outside and asked his father, "Dad, did you
- > call me?" Joseph replied, "No, son, I just hit my thumb with the
- > hammer."
-
- In a Bill Cosby routine, he said that he and his brother Russell thought
- their names were Jesus Christ and Dammit, respectively, because of the way
- their father would address them. One day Bill was out playing in the rain
- and his father said, "Dammit, will you get in here!!"
-
- To which Bill replied, "No, Dad, I'm Jesus Christ!" :)
-
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