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- From: andy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (andy.russo)
- Subject: Re: Where does my joke go?
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Arlington VA - Frizzy Things Dept.
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:54:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.225413.16648@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: old jokes' home, follow-up of rec.humor.funny
- Lines: 38
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- On rec.humor.funny, Matthew S. "Opie" Warren (warren-matthew@yale.edu) said:
- > I wondered exactly _how_ unlimited this right was. After a little
- > research, I compiled the Top Ten Places Your Joke Will Wind Up:
- [[[ list of what happens to rec.humor.funny jokes deleted ]]]
- > [Okay, so it really says "unlimited _electronic_ distribution." But
- > that's not nearly so funny.]
- Ah. A challenge. What does the rec.humor.funny "unlimited
- ELECTRONIC distribution" mean?"
-
- 10. Broadcast into space by the SETI project (Search for
- ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence).
-
- 9. As instructions in the RAM of an airport boarding ramp.
-
- 8. On a floppy as Exhibit A in a "look and feel" lawsuit.
-
- 7. Encoded into HDTV signals as mock noise for people who think
- the picture is too sharp.
-
- 6. Added to a 50 megabyte file for appendices to vendor "requests
- for quotes" responses and Master's Theses in Computer Science.
-
- 5. Stored at the Educational Testing Service as the new answer
- key to the SAT (a standardized test).
-
- 4. Posted every two days by Newbies on rec.humor who "heard it
- from a guy sitting at the terminal next to mine."
-
- 3. As an ad on the side of the Goodyear Blimp.
-
- 2. As a phrase said by a bad guy on Level 20 of a video game.
-
- Some things never change:
- > And the NUMBER ONE Place Your Joke Will Wind Up after it's sent out to
- > hundreds of thousands of rec.humor.funny readers is:
- > 1. The bit bucket
-
- Andy (File This Accordingly) Russo
-