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- From: cad28526@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Douglas)
- Subject: Re: DOES ANYONE REMEMBER?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:46:51 GMT
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- vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco) writes:
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- >In the 60's, when I was in High School, there was a rash of
- >a kind of joke I had never hear before or since, and I'm
- >wondering if it was unique to us, or the region, or whatever.
- >The jikes literally made no sense at all and I guess that's
- >where the humor came from. Does anyone remember anything
- >like these:
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- >Q: Why is an orange?
- >A: Because motorcycles dont have windshields.
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- >or:
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- >Q: What's the difference between an orange?
- >A: The refrigerator has to be turned off.
-
- >TIA for any valid responses.
-
- They sound like what is now passing for Zen humour. Of course,
- REAL Zen humour is funnier because it has no punchline.
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