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Duane Morin

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Dec 19, 1993, 7:31:15 PM12/19/93
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So, a friend calls me up the other day and gets my answering machine. All
he left for a message was:

Duane. Joe. What did Tarzan call elephants?

(This is normal behavior for him). I don't know. I'm asking. He didn't
specify which encarnation of tarzan, so I'm asking in several places.
Anyone know?

Email preferred,
Duane

(Thanks!)

Dani Zweig

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Dec 20, 1993, 1:57:27 AM12/20/93
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so...@schunix.dmc.com (Duane Morin):

>So, a friend calls me up the other day and gets my answering machine. All
>he left for a message was:
>
> Duane. Joe. What did Tarzan call elephants?

This is an old one. He called them plums.

Jeanne Baker

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Dec 21, 1993, 5:51:26 AM12/21/93
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Duane Morin writes:
>>What did Tarzan call elephants?

I believe the Johnney Weismueller Tarzan called them timba, as in
"timba ungauwa" (Trans: Let's go, elephants.)

Of course, if this is the first line in a joke that I'm not getting, then
in the words of Emily LaTella, "never mind."

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Vasanth R. Tovinkere

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Dec 21, 1993, 12:12:54 PM12/21/93
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In article <JBAKER.93D...@csd630a.erim.org>, jba...@csd630a.erim.org (Jeanne Baker) writes:
|>
|> Duane Morin writes:
|> >>What did Tarzan call elephants?
|>
|> I believe the Johnney Weismueller Tarzan called them timba, as in
|> "timba ungauwa" (Trans: Let's go, elephants.)
|>
|> Of course, if this is the first line in a joke that I'm not getting, then
|> in the words of Emily LaTella, "never mind."
|>
|> --

"Tantor" perhaps ???

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Joseph J. Charles

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Dec 21, 1993, 2:15:16 PM12/21/93
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In article <1993Dec20.0...@schunix.dmc.com> so...@schunix.dmc.com (Duane Morin) writes:
>So, a friend calls me up the other day and gets my answering machine. All
>he left for a message was:
>
> Duane. Joe. What did Tarzan call elephants?
>
Definitely "Tantor" as in "Tantor the Elephant." God I loved those books!
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Mike Schilling

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Dec 22, 1993, 12:48:29 PM12/22/93
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> so...@schunix.dmc.com (Duane Morin):
>So, a friend calls me up the other day and gets my answering machine. All
>he left for a message was:
>
> Duane. Joe. What did Tarzan call elephants?
And did they return his calls?
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