HUMOR Digest - 3 Aug 1998 to 4 Aug 1998
There are 12 messages totalling 640 lines in this issue.
 
Topics of the day:
 
  1. True Story?
  2. Fine Dining
  3. What you mean & what you say <some language>
  4. Politically Correct Alphabet
  5. On idleness
  6. Occupations
  7. Just a small one (Follow-up)
  8. New Corporate Definitions
  9. Egyptian Man (Joke)
 10. Tips on Love (by kids)
 11. The Klutz (Pun)
 12. The Case Of The Stolen Furs <clean>
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:10:55 -0400
From:    Chalapathi Rao Poduri <chaps@TC4HQ.CMC.STPH.NET>
Subject: True Story?
 
API - Time Magazine reports an interesting case of high-tech
graffiti. It seems that a couple of Intel engineers working on the
design of a recent version of the Pentium microprocessor included a
message that describes their feelings about Bill Gates, president
of Microsoft, a good corporate pal of Intel's.
 
When a portion of the Pentium chip is examined under a powerful
scanning electron microscope, the phrase "bill sux" is clearly
visible, etched into the surface of the chip.
 
The "flaw" in the chip was only discovered by accident well after
the chip was released into the market, too late for Intel to
prevent the chip from being used in the manufacture of tens of
thousands of PCs.
 
Intel says that both engineers responsible were former employees of
Motorola, makers of the chips that are the heart of the Apple
Macintosh.
 
Both engineers have since been fired by Intel.
 
 
Full picture on http://www.idt.mdh.se/kpt/billsux.jpg
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 04:31:46 -0400
From:    Jim Moore Jr <jimjr@QIS.NET>
Subject: Fine Dining
 
* Sign displayed in a Texas restaurant: "If your steak is too tuff,
  please put your hat on & leave.  This ain't no place for whimps."
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* One waitress to another: "Wait until you hear what they're
  calling that week-old stew today."
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*   A truck driver came in, sat down at the counter and said to the
  perky lil' waitress, "Hey Baby !  Where ya been all my life ?"
    "Out of it, thank the Lord." replied the girl.
                               - - - - -
 
* I guess you don't become a good waiter overnite.  A young fellow,
  obviously new to the job, brought my change from 4 twenties to me
  on a tray.  He said, "Your change is $12.83, want it ?"
                               - - - - -
 
* Once in North Carolina I ordered half of a fried chicken.  When
  it still wasn't brought to the table in a half hour, I asked what
  the hold-up was.  The waitress said, "We can't kill half a
  chicken, you'll have to wait until someone orders the other
  half."
                               - - - - -
 
*   My other Grandson, lil' Laine, is somewhat of a picky eater.  I
  asked at Thanksgiving dinner if he wanted any stuffing.
    He replied, "No thanks Pop-Pop, and I don't see why the turkeys
  eat it either."
                               - - - - -
 
*   Talk about having second thoughts upon choosing a place to eat.
  I went into this place in Abilene Texas and said to the waitress,
  "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
    She smiled, handed me a menu and replied, "Well... you've come
  to the right place."
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 12:35:21 +0200
From:    Maurizio Mariotti <mariotti@IAFRICA.COM>
Subject: What you mean & what you say <some language>
 
   WHAT YOU MEAN                      WHAT YOU SAY
-------------------                -------------------
Absolutely not                     Maybe
Yes                                Maybe
Brawl                              Design review
Dictator                           Facilitator
Oh shit                            Thanks for bringing that to my
                                   attention
Unemployed                         Consulting
Over budget                        On schedule
Under budget                       We haven't started yet
Ignore him, he's new               I'm bringing him up to spec.
Your plan sucks                    Let me share my feelings
F&%* off                           Trust me
Follow the spec                    Is there a spec?
I'll cover your ass                Consider me your resource
Punch his lights out               Constructive confrontation
That's totally incompetent         Let me build on that point
He's a subordinate                 He's a team player
Where's the spec?                  What's a spec?
Local bar                          Offsite facility
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:43:09 -0400
From:    Bill Stebbins <bs16@CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: Politically Correct Alphabet
 
A is an activist itching to fight.
B is a beast with its animal rights.
C was a cripple (now differently abled).
D is a Drunk who is "liquor-enabled."
E is an Ecologist who saves spotted owls.
F was a Forrester, now staffing McDonald's.
G is a Glutton who says he's "food-centered."
H is a Hermaphrodite skirting problems of gender.
I is an "Ism" (you'd better believe it).
J is a Jingoist - love it or leave it!
K is a Kettle the pot can't call black.
L is a Lifestyle not bound to the pack.
M is a Mindset with bias galore.
N was a Negro, but not anymore.
O is an Oppressor, devoid of self-love.
P is the Patriarchy (see "O" above).
Q is a Quip that costs someone a job.
R is the Reasoning done by a mob.
S is a Sexist, that slobbering menace.
T is a Teapot that's brewing a tempest.
U is for Umbrage at the slightest transgression.
V is a Valentine, tool of oppression.
W is for "Woman," however it's spelled.
X is a chromosome we share in our cells.
Y is a Yogi for the easily led.
Z is a Zombie, the differently dead.
 
 
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/bs16
http://members.xoom.com/bs16/
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:57:39 -0400
From:    Filip Razvan Ghitescu <raghitescu@PCNET.PCNET.RO>
Subject: On idleness
 
Browsing through my Microsft Bookshelf Basics program I found a few
quite interesting quotations on idleness.  As I study hard for the
3 hard exams (finals) I have to take in less than 3 weeks, I think
these lines are very supportive and refreshing.
 
Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
                              -Robert Burton
  
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and
stare?                        -W. H. Davies
  
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty
of work to do.  There is no fun in doing nothing when you have
nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a
most exhausting one. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be
stolen.                       -Jerome K. Jerome
 
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the
only true good.               -Sxren Kierkegaard
 
A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong
sense of personal identity.
                              -Robert Louis Stevenson
 
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at
all.                          -James Thurber
 
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth
sometimes comes to the top.   -Virginia Woolf
 
If you are healthy, the idleness is a sweet taste and a natural
product of the memory of paradise.
                              -Marin Preda
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:19:48 -0400
From:    Terry Galan <galante@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
Subject: Occupations
 
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He
reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon
further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
 
The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering
30 feet above this field."
 
"You must work in Information Technology" says the balloonist.
 
"I do" replies the man. "How did you know."
 
"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is
technically correct, but it's no use to anyone."
 
The man below says "you must work in business management."
 
"I do" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
 
"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where
you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the
same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:17:15 GMT
From:    Michael Mullen <mmullen@3-CITIES.COM>
Subject: Just a small one (Follow-up)
 
Q.  What do you call a fly without wings?
A. .klaw A
 
The answer is written backwards, I had thought the period
and Capital A,  a dead give away. I was wrong.
 
Q. What do you call a fly without wings?
A: A Walk.
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 16:22:06 -0400
From:    Steve Cox <atlas@EZNET.NET>
Subject: New Corporate Definitions
 
Assmosis - The process by which some people seem to absorb success
and advancement by kissing up to the boss.
 
Blamestorming - Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline
was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.
 
Seagull Manager - A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise,
shits over everything and then leaves.
 
Blowing your buffer - Losing your train of thought.
 
Salmon day - The experience of spending an entire day swimming
upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
 
Chainsaw consultant - An outside expert brought in to reduce the
employee headcount, leaving the brass with clean hands.
 
CLM - Career-limiting move - Used among microserfs to describe ill-
advised activity.  Trashing your boss while he or she is within
earshot is a serious CLM.
 
Dilberted - To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived
from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip
character.  "I've been dilberted again.  The old man revised the
specs for the fourth time this week."
 
Flight Risk - Used to describe employees who are suspected of
planning to leave the company or department soon.
 
404 - Someone who's clueless.  From the World Wide Web error
message "404 Not Found", meaning that the requested document could
not be located.  "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man."
 
Keyboard Plaque - The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on
computer keyboards.
 
Ohnosecond - That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize
that you've just made a BIG mistake.
 
Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of
an electronic device to get it to work again.
 
Prairie Dogging - When someone yells or drops something loudly in a
"cube farm" (an office full of cubicles) and everyone's heads pop
up over the walls to see what's going on.
 
Telephone Number Salary - A salary (or project budget) that has
seven digits.
 
Umfriend - A sexual relation of dubious standing or a concealed
intimate relationship, as in "This is Dale, my...um...friend."
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 23:31:43 +0300
From:    Mohamed El-Nadi <mnadi@USA.NET>
Subject: Egyptian Man (Joke)
 
Two Egyptians are standing on a bridge bragging about their
manliness, when they decide to piss into the river below.  After
commencing, they continue bragging:

Egyptian 1:  "The water's cold."
 
Egyptian 2:  "Yeah.  Deep too."
 
 
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4267/
 
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Date:    Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:30:25 -0700
From:    "Dr. L. A. Wilson" <Allen_Wilson@BC.SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject: Tips on Love (by kids)
 
Tips on Love (by kids, 5-10 years of age):
 
WHAT IS THE PROPER AGE TO GET MARRIED??
   "Eighty-four, Because at that age, you don't have to work
anymore, and you can spend all your time loving each other in your
bedroom." (Judy, 8)
   "Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife."
(Tom, 5)
 
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE??
  "On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that
usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
(Mike, 10)
 
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE??
   "You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to
buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have
videos of the wedding." (Jim, 10)
   "Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing
thing if anybody sees you. But if nobody sees you, I might be
willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few
hours." (Kally, 9)
 
THE GREAT DEBATE: IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED??
  "It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need
somebody to clean up after them" (Lynette, 9)
 It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid.
I don't need that kind of trouble." (Kenny, 7)
 
CONCERNING WHY LOVE HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE
   "No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to
do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so
popular." (Jan, 9)
   "I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something,
but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." (Harlen, 8)
 
ON WHAT FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE
   "Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life."
(Roger, 9)
   "If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell,
I don't want to do it. It takes too long." (Leo, 7)
 
ON THE ROLE OF GOOD LOOKS IN LOVE
   "If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your
family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful." (Jeanne, 8)
   "It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome
like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet." (Gary, 7)
   "Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long
time." (Christine, 9)
 
CONCERNING WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS
   "They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they
paid good money for them." (Dave, 8)
 
CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE
   "I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Seseme
Street' is on television." (Anita,6)
   "Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I
have been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls
keep finding me." (Bobby, 8)
   "I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade
hard enough." (Regina, 10)
 
THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD LOVER
   "One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if
you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills."
(Ava, 8)
 
SOME SURE FIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
   "Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores."
(Del, 6)
   "Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get
attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." (Alonzo, 9)
   "One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's
something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for
me." (Bart, 9)
 
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF 2 ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT
ARE IN LOVE?
   "Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell
if he's in love." (John, 9)
   "Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will
get cold. Other people care more about the food." (Dave 8)
   "It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire.
They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts
are... on fire." (Christine, 9)
 
WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY SAY "I LOVE YOU"
   "The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope
he showers at least once a day." (Michelle, 9)
 
HOW A PERSON LEARNS TO KISS
   "You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the
best of you." (Doug, 7)
   "It might help to watch soap operas all day." (Carin, 9)
 
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
   "It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over
you. That's why I stopped doing it." (Jean, 10)
 
HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE
   "Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work."
(Tom, 7)
   "Don't forget your wife's name. That will mess up the love."
(Roger, 8)
   "Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never
take out the trash." (Randy, 8)
 
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Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:18:56 -0800
From:    Stan Kegel <kegel@FEA.NET>
Subject: The Klutz (Pun)

Clifford Clarke was a careless chap. Every hostess hated him. They
feared for their precious porcelain and good furniture whenever
this emulator of a china shop bull appeared. His reputation spread
and eventually he became a pariah. No one would ask him to a party
for fear of damage.
 
Then one charitable, kindly woman felt sorry for him. "C. C. can't
be all that bad," she said. "The poor soul deserves one more
chance." So she sent an invitation to the loutish fellow and to
display her faith further, she put on her finest dress for the
occasion.
 
Clifford arrived on the dot and for the first hour managed to avoid
disaster. It was not until refreshments were served that the
customary accident happened. He spilled his entire cup of black
coffee over his hostess' evening dress which she had bought that
summer in Paris for a lot of money.
 
Tearfully gazing at her ruined gown, flushed with anger, she turned
on her clumsy guest and exclaimed: ... "Go, and never darken my
Dior again!"  (By Himie Koshevoy)
 
Well, the lady gave the gown to her maid, who cleaned it, and was
happy to use it for a big party. She called it her...
worn again Christian. (By Lou Stewart)
 
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Date:    Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:47:13 -0400
From:    Chalapathi Rao Poduri <chaps@TC4HQ.CMC.STPH.NET>
Subject: The Case Of The Stolen Furs <clean>
 
With Inspector Blake for company,and me as the host Don't see the
answer, guess first or else it won't be interesting...
 
THE CASE:
Inspector Blake was at the train station. Last night, someone broke
into a warehouse and stole a lot of women's fur jackets worth a lot
of money. Inspector Blake suspected that Shady Dick may be the one
who stole the furs. He had heard a tip saying that Shady Dick was
at the train station meeting a buyer for those furs. That was the
reason why Inspector Blake was at the train station. Then the
Inspector saw Shady Dick standing by the platform.
 
"Shady Dick, did you hear about the fur robbery last night? You
wouldn't have anything to do with it would you?"
 
"Of course not Inspector," replied Shady Dick, "I have turned over
a new leaf, I'm not that kind of person anymore!"
 
"Would you mind me asking," continued the Inspector, "what are you
doing here at the train station? Meeting your fur buyer?"
 
"No! Of course not, I'm going to catch a train to Liverpool, to
visit my mother."
 
"Hmm, If that is the case, do you mind emptying your pockets?"
 
"Look, Inspector," Shady Dick was getting upset. "My train is
leaving very soon, i can't afford to miss it. But i'll just do what
you ask really quickly."
 
Shady Dick emptied his pockets, and the Inspector saw he had some
money, car keys, a small pocket book diary and a dirty
handkerchief.
 
Shady Dick started to explain, "Look, Inspector, I'm just going for
the day, what more do you want to see?"
 
The train conductor blew the whistle. "There's my train Inspector,
I'm going now."
 
"Shady Dick," began the Inspector, "You were never good at lying. I
think you had better come down to the police station with me."
 
Sure enough, under questioning, Shady Dick confessed to the crime.
 
How did Inspector Blake know Shady Dick was lying?
                    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 
 
ANS:  IF SHADY DICK WAS GOING TO LIVERPOOL BY TRAIN, WHERE WAS HIS  
 
      TRAIN TICKET? CASE CLOSED.
 
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