Re: More Supposedly Real Funny Sentences

[Christopher J. Henrich]

In article <S20ff...@netfunny.com>, Joel E. Slotkin
<wo...@spock.UUCP> wrote:

> I found these sentences in a book which claims that they are from
> actual newspaper articles:
>
> o Great care must be exercised in tying horses to trees, as they
> are apt to bark.
>
> o We do not tear your clothing with machinery; we do it carefully
> by hand.
Quoting (from memory) from _A Discipline of Programming_, by Edsger
Dijkstra:
"When tuning [a program] it is important not to introduce mistakes
through carelessness; do it carefully and systematically."
>
> o After Governor Baldridge watched the lion perform, he was taken
> to Main Street and fed twenty-five pounds of red meat in front of
> the Fox Theater.
>
> o The Duchess handled the launching beautifully, confidently
> smashing the champagne against the prow. The crowd cheered as
> she majestically slid down the greasy runway into the sea.
>
> o Anti-nuclear protestors released live cockroaches inside the
> White House Friday, and these were arrested when they left and
> blocked a security gate.
>
> I worry about these people. -- Path: ...decvax!yale!spock!wooga
>
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