Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.9 3/12/85; site unisoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!unisoft!thb From: thb@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: We were so poor that... Message-ID: <485@unisoft.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 12:04:40 EDT Article-I.D.: unisoft.485 Posted: Tue Jun 25 12:04:40 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 23:46:03 EDT References: <531@deepthot.UUCP> <137@telesoft.UUCP> <229@luke.UUCP> Reply-To: thb@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) Organization: UniSoft Systems, Berkeley Lines: 12 In article <229@luke.UUCP> steven@luke.UUCP (Steven List) writes: > ... >We were so poor that we carved a turnip for Halloween. That's no joke! In the British Isles, the custom around Halloween was to carve a turnip (they didn't have pumpkins, ya know). Anyway, a joke: How many Zen Buddists does it take to screw in a light bulb? (pause)... (pause pause pause)... (don't say anything... that's the joke)