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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: jokes as cliche
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Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 14:04:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 24 14:04:16 1983
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Some jokes have become cliche's by intense overuse, media exposure, or due
to the fact that they are associated with a very fameous commedian.  I would
like to know what jokes are cliche's, and therefore launch this survey.  I
will summarize any responses that do not come from net.jokes.

As examples, consider:

    My xxxxx is so small the yyyyy are hunchbacked.  (for xxxxx a
    house/car/hotel room and yyyyy a rat/louse/cockroach)

And how about:

    Waiter, there's a fly in my soup.
    Please sir, everybody will want one.  (and infinite variations of this)

Please do not consider lightbulb jokes or Patty O'Furniture Jokes.  They are
cliche's but only on the usenet.  I want jokes which are recognized
everywhere by the time you have spoken the third or fourth word.

{decvax!microsof,uw-beaver,allegra,lbl-csam,sb1}!fluke!kurt