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|    lar3ryca to Peter Moylan    |
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|    21 Jun 24 22:58:05    |
      XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german       From: larry@invalid.ca              On 2024-06-20 22:22, Peter Moylan wrote:       > On 21/06/24 13:46, lar3ryca wrote:       >>       >> "Aha," says the engineer, "I see that Scottish sheep are black."       >>       >> "Hmm," says the physicist, "You mean that some Scottish sheep are       >> black."       >>       >> "No," says the mathematician, "All we know is that there is at least       >> one sheep in Scotland, and that it is black on at least one side."       >       > The sheep joke that immediately springs to my mind is both racist and       > tasteless, so I'll give you a different joke.       >       > A medico, an engineer, and a lawyer were arguing over which was the       > oldest profession.       >       > "The Bible tells us that God took one of Adam's ribs to make a woman",       > said the doctor. "That's a medical procedure."       >       > "Yes", said the engineer. "But before that, God produced order out of       > chaos. That's an engineering job."       >       > "Ah", said the lawyer. "But who produced the chaos?"       >       For some reason, this reminded me of the waitress walking by a table       with three fellows talking.              The first fellow says "I think it's spelled "Woom".       The second says "No... it's more likely "whoom".       The third says "I'm pretty sure it's "whoomb".              The waitress leans over and says "Gentlemen, it's definitely "womb".              The three fellow glance around at each other, then one turns to the       waitress and says "Well, I'm almost certain that you've never heard an       elephant fart!"              --       There was a fight between 19 and 20. 21.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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