From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!ihnss!ihuxn!maw Newsgroups: net.jokes.q Title: Buttercups Article-I.D.: ihuxn.159 Posted: Wed Jun 23 16:07:01 1982 Received: Sun Jun 27 22:35:39 1982 It seems there was a hacker** who was out for a round of golf one fine summer day. Not being greatly skilled at this sport, he sliced a shot into the edge of a woods. As he drew back his club to play the ball out of the woods, he heard a voice that begged, "Please don't hurt the buttercups." Indeed, he was startled, but after looking around him and seeing no one, he again drew back his club. Once more heard the voice: "Please don't hurt the buttercups." "Who are you?" he asked in bewilderment, to which came the reply, "This is Mother Nature. If you don't hurt the buttercups, I'll give you all the *free butter* you can eat for a year." The man responded cynically, "That's just great. Where were you when I was in the pussy willows!?" ---------- ** golfer, that is--they were called "hackers" long before we programmers were.