Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 5/3/83; site ukc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!jmh From: jmh@ukc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Speedreading chickens .... Message-ID: <4734@ukc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 15:23:39 EST Article-I.D.: ukc.4734 Posted: Mon Dec 17 15:23:39 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 03:36:52 EST Reply-To: jmh@ukc.UUCP (Jim Hague) Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Kent at Canterbury, UK Lines: 67 < F E E D M E > The routine at a village library is upset one fine day, when a chicken walks in. It looks about itself, spots the librarian, and walks over to her. It then addresses her, thus "Bbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuukkkkkk!!" So the librarian hands the chicken a book, and it wanders away. The next day, the chicken returns, and replaces the book it borrowed the day before. It then seeks out the librarian again, and says "Bbbuuuuuuuuukkkkkk bbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuukkkkk!" So the librarian hands over two books, and the chicken again wanders away. The next day, the chicken brings back the books it borrowed the day before, and requests "Bbbbuuk Buuuuuuk Bbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuukkkk!" The librarian duly hands over three books and the chicken again wanders away. As you may have guessed by now, the chicken returns the following day and returns the three books. It then asks "Bbuuuk Bbuuuuk Bbuuuuuk Bbbuuuuuk BBbbbbuuuuuuuuukKkk!" and leaves with no less than five books. Sure enough, the next day it returns all five, and squarks "Bbbuuuk bbbuuuuuk bbbuuuuuuk bbbbuuuuuk bbuuuuuk bbbuuuuuuuuuukkkkkk!" The librarian hands over six books, but is understandably puzzled over what the chicken really does with them ; after all, it would be quite a chicken that could read six books in one day. So as the chicken leaves, she follows it, down the road, across a field, through a hedge and to the edge of a pond. The chicken approaches a frog which is sitting by the side of the pond, and shows it each book in turn ......... "Red-it Red-it Red-it ..........." And a Merry Crimbo to you all Jim Hague ..!mcvax!ukc!jmh "Ten miles he swam. The last three were agony. They were over land." - The Goon Show ('Dishonoured') -- Jim Hague ..!mcvax!ukc!jmh "Ten miles he swam. The last three were agony. They were over land." - The Goon Show ('Dishonoured')