taylor@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP (Jem Taylor) (12/17/85)
In article <1134@lll-crg.ARpA> bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) writes: >Europe doesn't get net.jokes. I hate to disillusion you - or do you rate the UK as a US colony and not part of europe at all? ( :-) It's sometimes very interesting to see what our friends across the water do to 'old chestnuts', esp. Irish jokes, when details such as the standard format are from an alien culture - but enough of this, let's have some more jokes! Offensive ... press 'n' Q: What are pink, fluffy, and useless ? A: Mrs. Tebbit's bedroom slippers. Once upon a time ... Scene, an English country pub. In walks a length of string, comes up to the bar and asks for a pint of Guinness. The barman stares in disbelief, but serves our cordial friend, who goes over to a table in the corner and sits down with his pint. After a short while, in comes another piece of string, straight and clean as was the first. It goes up to the bar and buys a pint of Maclays 80/- , and goes over to sit with the first piece of string. After another pause, in drags a disgusting, dirty, tangled piece of string. It goes up to the bar, buys a half, and pays with a grubby, torn pound note. The barman, who has never seen a talking/walking/drinking piece of string before, let alone three pieces, engages the string in conversation ... "Are you with those two over there ? " "I'm a frayed knot ! " -- JANET: taylor%glasgow.uucp@uk.ac.ed.cstvax -o Jemima UUCP: { uk }!cstvax!glasgow.uucp!taylor (==). Puddleduck -- JANET: taylor%glasgow.uucp@uk.ac.ed.cstvax -o Jemima UUCP: { uk }!cstvax!glasgow.uucp!taylor (==). Puddleduck