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From: shari@rosevax.UUCP (Shari Nelson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Re: modem joke
Message-ID: <231@rosevax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 13:03:58 EST
Article-I.D.: rosevax.231
Posted: Wed Nov  6 13:03:58 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 07:51:46 EST
References: <212@galbp.UUCP> <187@circadia.UUCP> <1224@wucs.UUCP> <14953@mgwess.UUCP> <506@ttrdc.UUCP>
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> In article <14953@mgwess.UUCP>, plw@mgwess.UUCP (Pete Wilson) writes:
> >In article <1224@wucs.UUCP> scs@wucs.UUCP (Steve Swope) writes:
> >>In article <187@circadia.UUCP> dave@circadia.UUCP (David Messer) writes:
> >>>> Did you hear about the guy who dropped his modem and it wouldn't
> >>>> work anymore?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, well, it seems the modem had a bad carrier...
> >>>
> >>>That was real baud.
> >>>
> >>That story is nothing but a phoney excuse for a pun.
> >
> >These things are getting worse bit by bit.
> 
> Oh, byte your tongue.

I can't remember where I heard this joke before, but the punch line 
sure rings a bell.