From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!miller Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Broccoli Joke - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.714 Posted: Tue Sep 14 23:26:11 1982 Received: Thu Sep 16 02:15:45 1982 #N:uiucdcs:9900031:000:1000 uiucdcs!miller Sep 14 22:35:00 1982 These two broccoli were hitchhiking down the road one day, when up pulls a farmer and offers them a ride. After discussing where they were headed, the two broccoli climb in and off they go. Down the road a ways, the farmer had to turn off, so he pulled over by the side of the road and let his guests out. As they got out and walked behind the farmer's truck, the farmer leaned over and waved goodbye to them. Unfortunately, in doing so, he accidentally knocked the gearshift into reverse. Well, when the farmer stepped on the gas, the truck lurched backwards and ran over one of the broccoli! Quickly, the farmer and broccoli no. 1 loaded broccoli no. 2 into the truck and sped off to the hospi- tal. After a long wait in the emergency room, the doctor finally came out to speak to the farmer and broccoli no. 1. "I have some good news and some bad news," the doctor said. "The good news is that your friend is going to make it. The bad news is that he'll be a vegetable for the rest of his life."