Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!carlton From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Shaggy Bird Story Message-ID: <179@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 15:20:09 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.179 Posted: Fri Dec 21 15:20:09 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 02:22:32 EST References: <211@whuxi.UUCP> Reply-To: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel) Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 22 Keywords: Father Goose The joke that follows, and many other "Father Goose" stories that have been popping up lately, are found in Bennet Cerf's _Treasury of Puns_. A young boy growing up in England was very excited because his Uncle Alfred was coming to visit him from America. Alfred was a great sports fan, and the nephew could count on getting a new cricket bat, or a polo stick whenever he visited. When the day arrived, he waited impatiently at the door, hoping to see his uncle. However, they got a letter with the second mail delivery, saying that the uncle had stopped over in Wimbleton. The boy burst into tears, whereupon his mother comforted him with, "There, there; you know Alfred lauds tennis, son."