From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!doug Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re: Where Do Jokes Come From? (Discussion) Article-I.D.: uwvax.418 Posted: Fri Jun 11 19:57:50 1982 Received: Sun Jun 13 02:11:54 1982 References: sdcsvax.2078 I recall it the way the first person did: all jokes were old (new ones were just variations on some themes) and once we found out what was going on nothing was funny anymore.