Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site petfe.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!petfe!evan From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame Subject: Re: We've GOT to do somethin' for Peace Dept. Message-ID: <430@petfe.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 17:24:28 EDT Article-I.D.: petfe.430 Posted: Fri Aug 9 17:24:28 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:11:46 EDT References: <3459@decwrl.UUCP> <392@ihlpm.UUCP>, <1605@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J. Lines: 22 Xref: linus net.politics:9725 net.flame:10617 Comment was made that Pres Reagan's joke that 'We start bombing Russia in 5 minutes' was out of place and not funny because he was the President, and he could do it. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but my readnews doesn't have auto- follow up and I'm getting lazy) My opinion about the joke was that it was really kinda funny. I enjoyed it. If I had said it, it certainly wouldn;t have been funny. It's funny 'cause Ronnie has the ability to do it, not unfunny because he does. It's also funny because you don't expect jokes coming from high places like that. Also, it's funny because you can just picture all his aides scurrying around trying to come up with a way to explain it away! Sure, it's a dead horse, and jokes stop being funny when you explain them, but nevertheless (I love that word), I wanted to get my 2 c/ (how can you make a cents sign??) in. --Evan Marcus -- {ucbvax|decvax}!vax135!petsd!petfe!evan ...!pedsgd!pedsga!evan What do you want? Wicker?