Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unm-cvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!unm-cvax!ingham From: ingham@unm-cvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: A history lesson Message-ID: <98@unm-cvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 13:24:07 EST Article-I.D.: unm-cvax.98 Posted: Mon Dec 17 13:24:07 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 00:43:01 EST Reply-To: ingham@unm-cvax.UUCP (Kenneth Ingham) Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 14 Back in the olden days, around 500 BC, when synagogues were built, they had a special area along the sides where the men who received God's calling would stand during the services. This was so that if they heard the calling, they could immediately rush out to do His bidding. As time went on and the members of the synagogue grew in number, they expanded by making the seating areas wider, thereby reducing the special area reserved for these men who recieved special instructions from God. It was when this happened that the complaint was raised about shrinking prophet margins in the synagogue. -- Kenneth Ingham, UNM Computing Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, 505-277-8044 ~{pur-ee!purdue,ucbvax!lbl-csam,philabs!cmcl2}!lanl!unm-cvax!ingham ~{convex,ucbvax,gatech,csu-cs,anl-mcs}!unmvax!unm-cvax!ingham