From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!mcnc!pbr Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re: jokes Article-I.D.: mcnc.1526 Posted: Fri Feb 11 12:56:47 1983 Received: Sat Feb 12 05:54:34 1983 References: ucf-cs.860 The joke about not being able to tell the difference between Christmas and Halloween should have the punchline: Because DEC 25 equals OCT 31 To emphasize the coincidence resulting from the number systems. I can well imagine a few people not getting it as stated.