Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!teddy!lkk From: lkk@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Standard Responses Message-ID: <816@teddy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 09:55:56 EDT Article-I.D.: teddy.816 Posted: Mon Jun 24 09:55:56 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 06:13:48 EDT References: <187@yetti.UUCP> <7622@ucbvax.ARPA> <182@fear.UUCP> <208@ttrdc.UUCP> <808@rayssd.UUCP> <182@lzwi.UUCP> Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 35 Summary: All this talk about standard (humorous) responses (Thats what she said...), reminds me of a genre of joke that I picked up at MIT, the I-just-met-her-joke. The original one was: "Liquor Locker.... I just met her!" later there was... "Butcher.... I just met her!" "Baker.... I just met her!!" and the real dousie... "Candlestick Maker.... I just met her!" Eventually, it got to the point where we wouldn't even use words that ended in ER, just ones which sort of sounded like they did... "Africa... I just met her" I became totally absurdist humor.... "Fish... I just met her!!!" I was once told that I-just-met-her jokes were actually a Dada form of humor in the 20's. -- Sport Death, Larry Kolodney (USENET) ...decvax!genrad!teddy!lkk (INTERNET) lkk@mit-mc