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From: alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: "The way I heard it goes..."
Message-ID: <984@reed.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 00:50:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 00:50:04 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:27:27 EST
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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> 
> Are there any ideas for stopping the influx of repeat jokes ?  How many
> times have you read the "face rings a bell" joke, or the "rabbi and priest"
> joke lately ?
> 
> How about ...
> - Classify and number the repeat jokes.  Only the joke number need be
>   posted.  [...]

  Since the idea of numbering jokes does not seem to be catching on,
and in fact is getting to be another oft-repeated joke :-), how
about this:
  Those who insist on postings that start "The way I heard it goes..."
should, rather than redo the entire 100 line story (or whatever), post
a diff of their version.
  Sample posting: I made it up, so PLEASE don't post the correct 
version!! :-)
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Subject; Re: YAMHALL

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> Here's a version I saw in a bboard in Pocatello:
>
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< the doctor nearly died.
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> the doctor started crying.

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