[rec.humor.funny] Forgetfulness

jal%local@okcedu.UUCP (J.A.Schones(0772)) (09/25/90)

[Not good reading, but good for a group]

An older lady gets undressed and starts to get into the bathtub.  She
gets about halfway into the tub and thinks, ``Was I getting into the
tub or getting out?''  She calls out, ``Bernice!  Was I getting
into the bathtub or getting out?''

Bernice says, ``Well I don't know.  I'll have to come up and look.''
Bernice starts walking up the stairs to the bathroom, gets halfway
up and thinks to herself,  ``Was I going up the stairs or down?''  She
calls out ``Sally!  Was I going up or down the stairs?''

Sally, down in the living room calls back,  ``How should I know?'' and
thinks to herself, ``I'm glad I'm not loosing my mind like the other people
in this house.''

So Sally starts...

Do you remember the punchline to this joke?

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Sources noted were "Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality" and "The
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