funnyr@looking.on.ca (Funny Guy) (11/27/90)
Announcing the: TeleJokeBook REC.HUMOR.FUNNY Computer Network Humour Annual Volume III : The Best of 1990 Again this year, I have collected over 500 of the best jokes from the latest year of rec.humor.funny, typeset them and placed them in a book for netters to enjoy and give as gifts to their enemies for the holiday season. It's $9.95 USD. The book also contains a description of USENET and a short history of the attempts to ban the newsgroup in various places. And it is, of course, proudly emblazoned "Banned at the University of Waterloo."(*) You will also find a chapter of favourite jokes that were not published in rec.humor.funny. The book has a 2 colour cover with illustration by Ty Templeton. Also available are Volume I (1987 & 88) and Volume II (1989). Volume I is 33% larger and contains 14 original cartoons by Ty Templeton. This year there is a deal on the package of all three books, or multiples of Volume III. I never repeat material in rec.humor.funny, so for those of you who joined after it started, and for the many of you who request back-jokes from the group, these are the books to get. Many people buy them even when they know all the jokes, just to get them in a nice form. This all started in 1987 when I made a short collection (Volume \0) as a Christmas gift for family and friends. (Somehow, I don't think they meant books when they said that the best Christmas gifts are the ones you make yourself.) Everybody liked them, so in 1988, and again in 1989, I offered to the net and got an enthusiastic response. (Plus the usual dorkish flames from Matt Crawford.) Perhaps those who got the first or second book will review it some time in rec.humor.d or rec.arts.books. If you are giving the book as a Christmas gift, the rot13 jokes are all in one section at the back you can rip out if it's going to your mother. Or Jonathan Richmond. As noted, USENET is explained for your mother, too. I have also isolated the Computer/Science/Math jokes and the USENET jokes into their own chapters. Non-computer folks can avoid them, and you can read these chapters in front of your friends while laughing riotously, allowing you to feel superior. The "Oldies but Goodies" section contains most of the good jokes that I rejected as "too well known to the net." When I say that, it means I think about 50% of the readers will be tired of the joke -- but there will still be plenty that you haven't heard. In spite of inflation, Volume III is the same size and price ($9.95 USD) as Volume II. (Mainly because I now have the guts to print a much larger initial run. This year's book will be offset printed and perfect bound!) Shipping & handling costs vary with where you are and how many books you order. You can order by mail or via credit card and my company's 800 number -- ordering instructions for different countries follow in other postings. The book is currently at the printers, and should be here Wednesday, Dec. 5. I am posting this now, because if you want to order by mail, or if a bookstore wants to order, now is the time to do it -- mail to Canada easily takes a week. You can also credit card order now, but if you want to wait, I will post a short note upon their arrival. Naturally I won't bill any cards until books are shipped. CAVEAT: This book contains jokes with swearing, sexual references and sick or offensive themes. Some jokes involve racism or sexism and are in a special section that can be removed. This book is not suitable for children, presidents of the University of Waterloo, computer center head honchos at Stanford or civil engineering grad students at MIT. Discussion to rec.humor.d, flames to dev.null. (*) Yes, It is still banned at U of Waterloo, although there is some hope of the ban being reversed some day by the University Senate. Anyway, I pledge to use every dollar from this book to ... well, to pay for the printing and preparation, and if I get that paid for, I pledge to use every dollar to help myself enjoy saying, "nyah, nyah" to those who ban things. I will also use some of the money for the prize money in the 1991 RHF/TeleJoke original joke contest! (Details coming soon.) Note: This is only half (the best half, I hope!) of the material from this year. That means that even if you had a posting this year, it is not at all certain that you're in the book. Good luck, though.