mmm@weitek.UUCP (Mark Thorson) (10/27/85)
The winner is "flame". I now owe $10 to Brian Smithson of Calma. Send me your address or drop by Weitek, which is practically around the corner from you (1060 E. Arques, across the street from Singer/Link). We now enter the second phase of the experiment, installation of the word in the language. How do we do this? Big Contest 2: The Usenet Joke. I want a joke that is so funny that it will be told so often you'll get sick of hearing it. The joke must have the word "flame" as a key component, without which the joke cannot be told or would not be funny. As before the reward is US$10, in the form of a check drawn on my bank (the check is backed up by considerably more than $10 from a bank with offices in all major western countries). I'm allowing more time for the creative juices to flow: The closing date for entries is December 15. The closing date for votes is December 28. Mark Thorson (...!cae780!weitek!mmm) ------------------------------------- So I asked the mechanic "What's wrong with my car?". He said "Wbva gur arg.haqretebhaq znvyvat yvfg!" I nodded knowingly, as if I understood. "How much will it cost to fix?" I asked. "Twelve hundred dollars" he said quite clearly.
ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (11/05/85)
> I want a joke that is so funny that it will be told so often you'll get > sick of hearing it. The joke must have the word "flame" as a key component, > without which the joke cannot be told or would not be funny. Clever! If such a joke can be created, meme theory says it will spread like a virulent disease. You won't have to work to get it going; in fact you'd have a hard time stopping it, or even holding it back until the contest deadline. That is, IF such a joke can be created. We'll see. Alan Silverstein