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From: oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: decent pun
Message-ID: <884@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Jul-83 01:55:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: rlgvax.884
Posted: Sun Jul 24 01:55:13 1983
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Then there was the story set back in the time of the old south.  It was in
Atlanta GA where two young men both wanted the affections of the lovely
Southern Belle, Scarlet Lederer.  Scarlet shared their problem, for she
felt that she loved both of them, and honestly couldn't decide between them.
Well, as you all know the most sacred thing a southerner had in those days
was their honor.  Both the young men decided that if Scarlet would do some-
thing against her honor for one of them, then he would be the chosen one.
Each of them secretly went to Scarlet and asked her to steal the parsons
walking cane and give it to them.  Scarlet was worried, but finally decided
to follow her heart.  The next time she saw the parson, she took his cane and
hid it under her hoop skirt.  Unfortunatly, the parson saw her do it and told
her father.  Her father demanded to know why she did this thing.  "Father, both
Luke and Bo came to me and said that if I gave one of them the stolen cane,
that man would marry me."  Now when Luke and Bo heard about the theft and that
Scarlets father David, knew what was up, they tryed to get out of town.  Bo
hopped into his buggy, the Generaly, and Luke started packing.  In the middle
of his packing the door burst open, and there was Papa David.  "I've come to
make you pay for making my daughter a thief!"  said the father.  "But sir,
said Luke, "Both of us asked her to steal, how do you know that she got the
cane for me?"  Her father looked very stern and replied:
"ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELLE STOLE, SHE STOLL FOR THEE."

				From south of the Mason/Dixon line,

				OZ
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