From: utzoo!decvax!cca!csin!cjh Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: definition Article-I.D.: csin.147 Posted: Sun Jun 20 23:41:10 1982 Received: Thu Jun 24 01:35:42 1982 In response to your message of Sun Jun 20 20:07:37 1982: A recent issue of CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS claims to have gotten this over the transom (so much for somebody's survey concerning the origins of jokes---maybe the stork brings them?): An economist is someone who, when you forget your telephone number, will estimate it for you.