Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: perhaps the funniest joke in the world! Message-ID: <1006@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 14:04:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxq.1006 Posted: Fri Jun 15 14:04:31 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jun-84 04:15:16 EDT References: <1914@sdccsu3.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 24 -- >> Picture this: >> ------------- >> Two elephants are taking a bath. >> One says to the other one, "Pass the soap." >> The other one says, "No soap, Radio!" >> ------------- >> Isn't that great!?! "No soap, radio" is infamous, but few people know where it came from. It was explained in Safire's "On Language" column in the NY Times Magazine about a month ago. Some researchers in the 50's (sociology I think) were investigating aspects of conformity and peer pressure, so they made up a joke totally devoid of meaning. The object was to see whether people would pretend to "get it." They clearly succeeded beyond their (or anyone's) wildest nightmares. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 15 Jun 84 [27 Prairial An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***