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Blitz

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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I'm sure this thread has been done before. But I haven't seen it, and
maybe a few of you haven't either. Has anyone got any funny famous last
words quotes.

EG

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with A"
King Harold, Battle of Hastings
--
Blitz

Mr. Ralph E. Milbee WG-12

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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!!! LAST WORDS OF A "REDNECK"

!!! "HEY YA'LL,,,,WATCH THIS"!!!

Jeffrey Mccreary

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?

--
Jeffrey (Jeff) D. McCreary
jd...@acpub.duke.edu

---------=================+++++++++++++++++++++++==============---------
"Tigger is all right, really." Said Piglet.

"Of course he is." Replied Christopher Robin.

"Everybody is, really." Pooh said. "That is what I think," said
Pooh. "I don't suppose I'm right," he said.

"Of course you are." Replied Christopher Robin.

--The Tao of Pooh
---------=================+++++++++++++++++++++++==============----------

Timo Salmi

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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The Usenet version: "Spend $5 and make $50,000 easy"

All the best, Timo (aka Perfesser Pundit in rec.humor)

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Landry1954

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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there was a Union general in the Civil War named Sedgwick whose last words
were...
"From that distance, they couldn't hit the broad side of a ......."

Patrick C Mills

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:

: Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?


: Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
: Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?

....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
"fuck", could you? Despite what you may think, it does not make you
funnier. Well, maybe it does, but we laugh at you, not your jokes.

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Ken & Courtney McCain

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Sep 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/24/96
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OJ after the verdict to Jonnie Cochran
- Uh Jonny, could I get my hat and gloves back now?

Dated yet still sickly amusing.....

One of the Challenger Astronauts
Hey, what does this button do?

Peter Hersch

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu (Patrick C Mills) wrote:

>Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:

>: Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
>: Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
>: Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?

>....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
>"fuck", could you? Despite what you may think, it does not make you
>funnier. Well, maybe it does, but we laugh at you, not your jokes.


Dissagree totally ! In this case the F word is crucial to the joke !
Good one Jeff.

American Captain.."Damn the torpedoes, full speed ....."


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William J. Evans

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu (Patrick C Mills) wrote:
>Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
>: Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
>: Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
>: Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
>
>....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
>"fuck", could you? Despite what you may think, it does not make you
>funnier. Well, maybe it does, but we laugh at you, not your jokes.

No, I'm laughing at Jeffrey's fuckin' jokes, man.

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PICTON K J J

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
:
: Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
: Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
: Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?


All of these could be replaced by the two words "Oh Fuck"


Take it Easy...
Kev

Graeme Dods

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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Patrick C Mills wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
>
> : Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
> : Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
> : Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
>
> ....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
> "fuck", could you?


Each of these "sentances" is from a different series of jokes, it was
something like 'Famous Uses of the Word "Fuck"' so this highly
undesirable and very naughty word :) is pretty much vital to the joke.


Graeme

J. P. Hyltin

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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Jeffrey Mccreary wrote:
> Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?

A coworker used to have this one his white board in his office:

"Custer died in a target rich environment."

I think he was a little cynical.

--
J. P. Hyltin
"'No thru road' - This must be it." - Big Bird

Tony J. Podrasky

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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That's fuckin' right. And here's more jokes with fuckin' (or would that
be fuckin' jokes?) I dunno - but it's called "fucked majors"

A SUMMARY OF MAJORS
by Linsel Greene - lgr...@lclark.edu
________________________________________________________

Archaeology - "This is where the Mayans got Fucked up."

Physics - "The bigger it is, the more you get Fucked up when it hits you."
or "For every Fuck up, there is an equal and opposite Fuck up."

International Affairs - "Let's Fuck those people up!"

Chemistry - "Let's find new ways to Fuck people up."

Biology - "Have you seen Whales Fuck? It is Fucked up!"

Sociology - "And this is why we are all so Fucked up."

Anthropology - "We inherited our fucked-upness from the monkeys."

Gender Studies - "A male dominant society is what Fucked us up."

Philosophy - "What does it mean to be Fucked up?"

Education - "Class...can you say 'Fucked Up?'"

Economics - "We can only Fuck up so much before we run out of funding."

Communications - "This is a Docu-drama about me being Fucked up."

Art - "I was _seriously_ Fucked up when I drew this"

Theatre - "The blocking on this scene is All Fucked up."
or "To Fuck or Not to Fuck...that is the Question."

Phys Ed - "Coach, were getting Fucked up out there!"

Foreign Language - "There are an lot of ways to say how Fucked up this is."

Music - "Ever heard Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring'? Damn it's Fucked up!"

Computer Science - "That's not a Fuck up, it's a feature."

History - "So that's how we got so Fucked up."

Religion - "If you are Fucked up, it is because you have sinned."
or "God is watching, so don't Fuck up!"

Political Science - "Forget Fucked up! Let's Fuck Them Over!"

English - "Up was the direction in which I was Fucked."

Math - "This just doesn't Fucking add up!"

Engineering - "Oh great...NOW what has Fucked up?"

Pre-Law - "Did you know it was illegal to get Fucked up in Georgia?"

Pre-Med - "I have to spend how many Fucking years here!?"

Psychology - "Man! You are REALLY FUCKED UP!"

The [fuckin] End.


--
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Mike Franklin

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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In article <324886...@horizon.hit.net>, Ken & Courtney McCain <ba...@horizon.hit.net> says:

>One of the Challenger Astronauts
> Hey, what does this button do?


Or, one of the Challenger Astronauts
No, I wanted a 'Bud' Light.

Robert Lewis

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Sep 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/25/96
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Blitz <bl...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>I'm sure this thread has been done before. But I haven't seen it, and
>maybe a few of you haven't either. Has anyone got any funny famous last
>words quotes.
>

"Don't worry, it isn't load....."

-- Sam Cooke, playing Russian Roullette just before
a concert in Houston.

***********************************

[Maybe someone can remind us of the name of the Civil
War general who's last words were:]

"Why, at this distance, they couldn't hit the broad
side of a b...."

Robert Lewis

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Sep 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/26/96
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[Correcting my earlier post]

"Why, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."

--General John Sedgwick, Union commander at the
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, in the American
Civil War.

[Us South'n boys can shoot!]


Arthur Athanassiou

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Sep 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/27/96
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Tony J. Podrasky wrote:
>
> >> Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
> >>
> >> : Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
> >> : Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
> >> : Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
> >>
> >> ....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
> >> "fuck", could you?
> >
> >
> >Each of these "sentances" is from a different series of jokes, it was
> >something like 'Famous Uses of the Word "Fuck"' so this highly
> >undesirable and very naughty word :) is pretty much vital to the joke.
> >

What a load of rubbish, I agree that sometimes swear words ARE needed to make a
punch line, but not in this case.

The jokes would have still been funny without the "F" word.

Arthur

William J. Evans

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Sep 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/27/96
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Arthur Athanassiou <atha...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
:The jokes would have still been funny without the "F" word.

No, they would only have been unny.

Graeme Dods

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Arthur Athanassiou wrote:
> > >Each of these "sentances" is from a different series of jokes, it was
> > >something like 'Famous Uses of the Word "Fuck"' so this highly
> > >undesirable and very naughty word :) is pretty much vital to the joke.
> > >
>
> What a load of rubbish, I agree that sometimes swear words ARE needed to make a
> punch line, but not in this case.
>
> The jokes would have still been funny without the "F" word.


No, you just don't get it do you. You could hardly have a series of jokes based
on "Famous Uses of the Word 'The'" could you? These things are meant as JOKES,
okay, you and other people may be offended, but this is a joke news group. If
you do not want to read any words that may be offensive then start up a newsgroup
called "rec.humor.no.swear.words.please" or "aus.prude"
(not much chance of that last one being widely read)


Graeme

Jeffrey Mccreary

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Sep 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/27/96
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got...@vnet.net wrote:
: pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu (Patrick C Mills) wrote:

: Well, maybe it does, but we laugh at you, not your jokes.

"Hey, they're all gonna laugh at me! They're all gonna laugh at me!"

p.s.:

A wise man once said: "A man who can laugh at himself, as well as at others,
has found enlightenment.
A man who cannot laugh at himself and only at others,
is a fool."
Are you a fool?

Mick O'Dwyer

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Sep 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/27/96
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Arthur Athanassiou <atha...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> > >Each of these "sentances" is from a different series of jokes, it was
> > >something like 'Famous Uses of the Word "Fuck"' so this highly
> > >undesirable and very naughty word :) is pretty much vital to the joke.
> > >
>
> What a load of rubbish, I agree that sometimes swear words ARE needed to
> make a punch line, but not in this case.

The sets I have came under the headings:

The Versatility Of The Word "Fuck", and Famous Fuckers.

There's no other way to tell them unless you use the word.
Anyway, what's wrong with saying it, it's only a fuckin' word?

________________________

Denial:
Ill be fucked if I did

Perplexity:
I know fuck all about it

Apathy:
Who gives a fuck anyway?

Greeting:
How the fuck are you?

Goodbye:
Fuck off

Resignation:
Oh fuck it!

Derision:
He's a complete and utter fuck-up

_________________________

The Mayor of Horoshima:
What the fuck was that?

General Custer:
Look at all those fucking Indians

Captain of the Titanic:
Where's all that fucking water coming from?

Marc Bolan:
What a place to plant a fucking tree!

Jim Reeves:
Theres no fucking mountains near here!

John Lennon:
That's not a real fucking gun

Richard Nixon:
Who the fuck will know?

Captain of Belgrano:
I am outside the fucking exclusion zone!

Anne Boleyn:
Heads are going to fucking roll for this

Albert Einstein:
It's relatively fucking simple

King Harold:
Watch him, he'll have some poor fucker's eye out

Pablo Picasso:
It looks just fucking like her

Mark Thatcher:
What fucking map?
______________________________


Mick. -- http://aoife.indigo.ie/~mikeyod
photography - imaging - design

Patrick C Mills

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got...@vnet.net wrote:
: We're laughing AT you, not WITH you...na na na na NA na! (whine,
: snivel, dust monitor with lace hanky...)

Hey, wow, that's mature...

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Patrick C Mills

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Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
: p.s.:

: A wise man once said: "A man who can laugh at himself, as well as at others,
: has found enlightenment.
: A man who cannot laugh at himself and only at others,
: is a fool."
: Are you a fool?

...Gee, I've found enlightenment... :p

Yes, I've found plenty about myself I can laugh at.

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Laura Baxter

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Sep 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/27/96
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In article <324CAE...@ozemail.com.au>, Arthur Athanassiou <atha...@ozemail.com.au> says:
>

>What a load of rubbish, I agree that sometimes swear words ARE needed to make a
>punch line, but not in this case.
>

>The jokes would have still been funny without the "F" word.
>

>Arthur

then there is the famous line from the movie Risky business,
Sometimes you just gotta say "What the Fuck" I you want I
have the whole F.U.C.K. joke, I am th one who wrote it over
20 years ago and it has been growing ever since. As most good
fucks do start with something growing.


Laura B.

got...@vnet.net

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Sep 28, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/28/96
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pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu (Patrick C Mills) wrote:

Well, maybe it does, but we laugh at you, not your jokes.

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daddyslilgrl

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Sep 28, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/28/96
to Arthur Athanassiou


On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Arthur Athanassiou wrote:

> Tony J. Podrasky wrote:
> >
> > >> Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
> > >>
> > >> : Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
> > >> : Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
> > >> : Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
> > >>
> > >> ....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
> > >> "fuck", could you?
> > >
> > >

> > >Each of these "sentances" is from a different series of jokes, it was
> > >something like 'Famous Uses of the Word "Fuck"' so this highly
> > >undesirable and very naughty word :) is pretty much vital to the joke.
> > >
>

> What a load of rubbish, I agree that sometimes swear words ARE needed to make a
> punch line, but not in this case.
>
> The jokes would have still been funny without the "F" word.
>
> Arthur
>

please..pray tell..how? illustrate this if you will.

-dwarf.>


Michael Jeppesen

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It's just a fucking word! Get a life.

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Jazzy

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Sep 30, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/30/96
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In <52jlgr$l...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>

Mrs. Menendez...."Honey, did you hear something?"


Frank Pineau

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Sep 30, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/30/96
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>Yes, I've found plenty about myself I can laugh at.


So have we.


Does that mean we're ALL enlightened?

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Russell Leach {78830}

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Sep 30, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/30/96
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|>In article <324886...@horizon.hit.net>, Ken & Courtney McCain <ba...@horizon.hit.net> says:
|>
|>>One of the Challenger Astronauts
|>> Hey, what does this button do?
|>

variation:

"Not that button, Christa!...."

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th...@bricks.shy

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Oct 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/1/96
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Arthur Athanassiou <atha...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Tony J. Podrasky wrote:
>>
>> >> Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> : Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
>> >> : Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
>> >> : Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
>> >>
>> >> ....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
>> >> "fuck", could you?
>> >
>> >
>> >Each of these "sentances" is from a different series of jokes, it was
>> >something like 'Famous Uses of the Word "Fuck"' so this highly
>> >undesirable and very naughty word :) is pretty much vital to the joke.
>> >

>What a load of rubbish, I agree that sometimes swear words ARE needed to make a
>punch line, but not in this case.

>The jokes would have still been funny without the "F" word.

>Arthur

These lines were copied from an essay on the word fuck. In context they are
funny. As they were posted here they are not. If you want a copy of the entire
essay E-Mail me at sol...@ccia.com I wont post it here because this is not the
place for it. Or you could request a repost in alt.tasteless.jokes that's where
I got it from. A very orginal piece.


Avery Hilditch

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Oct 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/1/96
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Arthur Athanassiou said:
>> The jokes would have been just as funny without the "F" word.

If you think that a line like "The Mayor of Hiroshima said 'What was that?'" is funny without the word FUCK then you've got a serious humour problem. You probably haven't got past the 6 year old joke telling phase.

ObJ:
A guy takes his little son into a store to buy him a hat. The boy tries on a hat to find that it is too small. His father gives him a god-almighty smack on the back of the head and says, "You big headed bastard."

The boy tries on a second hat with a similar lack of success and a similar response from his father.

After a third, fourth and fifth hat, the storekeeper says "Look mister, I gotta ask. How come you keep belting the boy and calling him a big headed bastard. He can't help it if the hats are too small."

The father says, "All I ever wanted in life was a fast car, a big house and a tight pussy. That Ferrari parked outside is my fast car; that big house you can see on the hill in the distance is my big house. I had a tight pussy as well until this big headed bastard came along."

Patrick C Mills

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Avery Hilditch (ahil...@awadi.com.au) wrote:
: If you think that a line like "The Mayor of Hiroshima said 'What was

: that?'" is funny without the word FUCK then you've got a serious humour
: problem. You probably haven't got past the 6 year old joke telling
: phase.

...I don't find that line funny with or without the word. Simple-minded,
juvenile humor.

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Oct 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/2/96
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In <52p2ul$3...@swlab1.msd.ray.com> r...@localhost.enet.dec.com (Russell

Leach {78830}) writes:
>
>"Not that button, Christa!...."
>
>--

How about General Custer: Look at all these F&^%$ing indians!

Rustee

Hans Andersen

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Tony J. Podrasky wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
>
> : Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
> : Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
> : Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
>
> ....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word
> "fuck", could you?

In my world it is entirely impossible that the sequence of letters,
f-u-c-k, is inherently bad or evil. The only negative aspect of the
word is the intention with which it is used; this intention is to
shock. By granting the users of the word this wish you are only
enhancing the power of the word. In effect you, the shockee, created
the word.


Hans Andersen,
Brisbane, Australia.

Mark Slingo

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Oct 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/3/96
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In article <3252F94A...@elec.uq.edu.au> Hans Andersen <ande...@elec.uq.edu.au> writes:
>From: Hans Andersen <ande...@elec.uq.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: Famous last words
>Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 09:22:50 +1000


>Hans Andersen,
>Brisbane, Australia.

Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were
is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....

Avery Hilditch

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Until the time of Queen Mary in the early part of this century, words like "Fuck", "Cunt" etc were in everyday usage and were NOT considered to be rude, swear words, offensive and so on. Queen Mary was one of the world's all time prudes (and a devout "Christian") who decreed that such disgusting words were not to be used. From that time on people have been "shocked" when they hear them.

I'm surprised Queen Mary had any children. Picture it:

King Goerge V: "Mary. How about a little bit of the other."
Queen Mary: "Other what?"
KG V: "You know" nudge, nudge, wink, wink
QM: "Know what, and stop making those stupid faces."
KG V: "You know - a bit of the old 'hows your father'"
QM: "What a horrible thing to say, George, you know that dear
Papa has been dead for years."
KG V: "Not 'your father', a bit of hanky panky, a tumble between the
sheets, a roll in the hay"
QM: "Roll in the hay - you know that I find cereal products
indigestible."
KG V: "Fuck it, Mary. I`m off to my room for a wank."


William J. Evans

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ahil...@awadi.com.au (Avery Hilditch) wrote (as edited for 80-column
television):
:Until the time of Queen Mary in the early part of this century,

The early part of this century? Which century do you live in? Mary I
died in 1558; Mary II, in 1694.

: words


:like "Fuck", "Cunt" etc were in everyday usage and were NOT considered
:to be rude, swear words, offensive and so on. Queen Mary was one of
:the world's all time prudes (and a devout "Christian") who decreed
:that such disgusting words were not to be used. From that time on
:people have been "shocked" when they hear them.

When the Norman (French) invaded England (1066; note that it's _still_
not "this century"), they brought all sorts of words with them based
on the Romance languages. They became the ruling class, and their
words were considered the refined ones; old Germanic words such as the
two you mention quickly were seen as lower-class and crude.

Hope this helps.

William J. Evans

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Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
:Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were

:is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....

Your unlawful carnal knowledge is wrong.

David Wright

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In article <SlingoM.20...@dpi.qld.gov.au> Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) writes:

>Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
>which is were is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....

The best of your knowledge could stand some improvement. The word is
NOT an acroynm and does not stand for "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge"
or "Fornication Under Consent of the King" or any of those other
bullshit stories. Consult a dictionary of slang (or even a good
dictionary) for the straight story.

-- David Wright :: wri...@hi.com :: Not an Official Spokesman for Anyone
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.


R.B.

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William J. Evans wrote:
>
> Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
> :Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were

> :is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....
>
> Your unlawful carnal knowledge is wrong.
>
> -- Captain Nitpick
> Bill Evans P.O. Box 4829 Irvine, CA 92716 (714)551-2766 _ /| ACK!
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True, it's an old wives tale.

Ron K. Hulen

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* "R.B." <dlr.p...@mediasoft.net> wrote:

>William J. Evans wrote:
>>
>> Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
>> :Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were
>> :is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....
>>
>> Your unlawful carnal knowledge is wrong.

>True, it's an old wives tale.

Well, considering the wives are old . . .

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Blitz

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In article <1996100309353...@netcom.com>, "William J. Evans"
<w...@netcom.no.spam.please.com> writes

>Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
>:Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were
>:is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....
>
>Your unlawful carnal knowledge is wrong.
>
>-- Captain Nitpick

That would be RAPE then?

Or is it YUCK?

(Hey, look, I'm nitpickin' I'm nitpickin')
Can I be your apprentice?
--
Blitz

Daithi O`Cuinn

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In article <325360...@mediasoft.net>, dlr.p...@mediasoft.net says...

>
>True, it's an old wives tale.

It from the German word 'fok' which means 'to strike'.

Like the story, (true I think) about a WWI pilot telling the
Queen about his dogfighting exploits

(heavily paraphrased)
'There was 1 Fokker behind me, so I turned + shot him down, then
2 Fokkers appeared below me but I got them too.'
Queen nods, says 'hmm, and what sort of planes were they, Messerschmits?'

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Tom_Austin

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Daithi O`Cuinn wrote:
>
> In article <325360...@mediasoft.net>, dlr.p...@mediasoft.net says...
> >
> >True, it's an old wives tale.
>
> It from the German word 'fok' which means 'to strike'.
>
> Like the story, (true I think) about a WWI pilot telling the
> Queen about his dogfighting exploits
>
> (heavily paraphrased)
> 'There was 1 Fokker behind me, so I turned + shot him down, then
> 2 Fokkers appeared below me but I got them too.'
> Queen nods, says 'hmm, and what sort of planes were they, Messerschmits?'


maybe, maybe, maybe. Except Messerschmidts weren't around in WWI.

try "Albatroses" instead.

nit, nit, nit....

Carroll's

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Patrick C Mills wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Mccreary (jd...@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
>
> : Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
> : Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?
I think it is: Only one plane. THis is gonna be a nice day.

> : Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?
>
> ....I don't suppose you could handle 1 sentance without using the word

> "fuck", could you? Despite what you may think, it does not make you
> funnier. Well, maybe it does, but we laugh at you, not your jokes.

daddyslilgrl

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Oct 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/5/96
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correct. because we all know that RAPE is unlawful carnal knowledge..i'm
sure the best of us enjoy a good FUCK every so often..for want of a
better word.

-dwarf
'on the other hand, there are different fingers'

On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, R.B. wrote:

> William J. Evans wrote:
> >
> > Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
> > :Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were
> > :is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....
> >
> > Your unlawful carnal knowledge is wrong.
> >
> > -- Captain Nitpick

> > Bill Evans P.O. Box 4829 Irvine, CA 92716 (714)551-2766 _ /| ACK!
> > Email-To: w...@acm.org -- PGP encrypted mail preferred. -- \`o_O' /
> > Finger w...@exo.com for public key. Key #: 441AFEA5 =( )=
> > PGPprint: FB D0 1C 1D EF DC 26 BA B3 9E 84 0B 40 D6 59 9C U
>

boomenoots

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On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, daddyslilgrl wrote:

> correct. because we all know that RAPE is unlawful carnal knowledge..i'm
> sure the best of us enjoy a good FUCK every so often..for want of a
> better word.
>
> -dwarf
> 'on the other hand, there are different fingers'
>

or toes...remember the recent athlete's vagina joke????????
+boomenoots


Isabel McRae

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Blitz <bl...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<dwOIZpB0...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>...
: In article <1996100309353...@netcom.com>, "William J. Evans"
: <w...@netcom.no.spam.please.com> writes


: >Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
: >:Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

That is very good! I love it!

: That would be RAPE then?

Rational Animal Power Engaged??
:
: Or is it YUCK?

Your Uneducated Carnal Knowledge?


just nitpicking....

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pn...@newsmail.tafensw.edu.au wrote in article
<1996Oct3.1...@hpal01.isd.tafensw.edu.au>...
: In article <52s5gr$c...@news.Hawaii.Edu>, pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu
(Patrick C Mills) writes:


: > Avery Hilditch (ahil...@awadi.com.au) wrote:
: > : If you think that a line like

<happily snipping>

: OBJ What's the difference between Brocolli and Snot?
: Kids wont eat Brocolli!!

My kids eat brocolli..'fact is, they really love it, but what is 'snot'?
Is this a vegetable like spagehetti melon?

d
r
o
w
n
u
n
d
e
r
!

William J. Evans

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"Isabel McRae" <isa...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> what is 'snot'?
>Is this a vegetable like spagehetti melon?

Real close.

Gaven Miller

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William J. Evans (w...@netcom.no.spam.please.com) wrote:
> Sli...@dpi.qld.gov.au (Mark Slingo) wrote:
> :Perhaps we could replace FUCK with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge which is were
> :is originated (To the best of my knowledge)....

> Your unlawful carnal knowledge is wrong.

Thank you, Captain Nitpick.

I've always wondered where "YUCK" came from.

Now I know. ("Your Unlawful Carnal Knowledge")

--

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"Where did you learn to drive?"
"I took a correspondence course"

Robert Lewis

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"Isabel McRae" <isa...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>pn...@newsmail.tafensw.edu.au wrote in article
><1996Oct3.1...@hpal01.isd.tafensw.edu.au>...
>: In article <52s5gr$c...@news.Hawaii.Edu>, pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu
>(Patrick C Mills) writes:
>
><more happy snipping>

>
>: OBJ What's the difference between Brocolli and Snot?
>: Kids wont eat Brocolli!!
>
>My kids eat brocolli..'fact is, they really love it, but what is 'snot'?
>Is this a vegetable like spagehetti melon?
>

'What's snot?'

I'm not sure, but apparently it's something similar to stew.
At least, you often hear people arguing about whether a thing
is snot or is stew:

A) "Is snot!"

B) "Is stew!"

A) "Is snot!"

B) "Is stew!"

.. And so on.


Isabel McRae

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Robert Lewis <rle...@brazosport.cc.tx.us> wrote in article
<53dkdv$b...@news.accessus.net>...


: "Isabel McRae" <isa...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
: >
: >
: >pn...@newsmail.tafensw.edu.au wrote in article
: ><1996Oct3.1...@hpal01.isd.tafensw.edu.au>...
: >: In article <52s5gr$c...@news.Hawaii.Edu>, pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu
: >(Patrick C Mills) writes:
: >
: ><more happy snipping>
: >
: >: OBJ What's the difference between Brocolli and Snot?
: >: Kids wont eat Brocolli!!
: >
: >My kids eat brocolli..'fact is, they really love it, but what is 'snot'?

: >Is this a vegetable like spagehetti melon?
: >
:
: 'What's snot?'

:
<snip>

was just annoying...sorry...

And the winner is....MALCOLM!

Jeremy Thomson

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.au>:
Distribution:

More famous last words i'm sure you've heard but anyway

: Captain of the Titanic: Where's all this fucking water coming from?
: Mayor of Hiroshima: What the fuck what that?

: Gen. Custer: Where'd all these fucking Injuns come from?

blue wire or the red wire?
its ok, they've been fed.
of course it isnt poisonous!
then theres the cartoon thingy - a pilot saying, what are those goats
doing up here in the clouds?

ma lulen, sitten...
hetkinen, olenco?

DMiller

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> : >: OBJ What's the difference between
> : >: Brocolli and Snot?
> : >: Kids wont eat Brocolli!!
> : >
> : >My kids eat brocolli..'fact is, they really
love it, but what is 'snot'?
>
> : >Is this a vegetable like spagehetti melon?
> : >
> :
> : 'What's snot?'
> :

I think that it's not so much what it is, it
what it snot!

D/

hnjs

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Seen on a tombstone in a graveyard:-

"I told you I was sick!!"

anon.

Stuart A. Bronstein

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Isabel McRae <isa...@netspace.net.au> wrote:

>And the winner is....MALCOLM!

Isabel, you are so articulated!

Stu

BillCMQ

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> my kids eat broccoli. .. but what is snot?

Boiled okra.

Terrell Haines

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BillCMQ wrote:
>
> > my kids eat broccoli. .. but what is snot?
>
> Boiled okra.

When you're kissin' with your honey,
And your nose gets kinda runny,
You may think it's funny,
But it's snot.
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along come faster rats!"
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Chris Gilbert

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In article <01bbba43$ba0b52a0$LocalHost@brootsee>,
"Isabel McRae" <isa...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>Stuart A. Bronstein <ad...@crl.com> wrote in article
><53p4pu$1...@crl7.crl.com>...

>: Isabel McRae <isa...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>:
>: >And the winner is....MALCOLM!
>:
>: Isabel, you are so articulated!

She bends in the middle, too !

ChrisG

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