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Kevin D. Quitt

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Feb 27, 1991, 8:45:44 PM2/27/91
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FUNEX?
SVFX
FUNEM?
SVFM
OKILFMNX

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Richard Brumberg

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Feb 27, 1991, 9:12:38 PM2/27/91
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In <1991Feb28.0...@demott.com> k...@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:


>FUNEX?
Have you any eggs?
>SVFX
Yes, we have eggs.
>FUNEM?
Have you any ham?
>SVFM
Yes, we have ham.
>OKILFMNX
Ok. I'll have ham and eggs.


It's from a book called _CDB_ (See the bee)


Richard Brumberg
University of Rochester

Brian Boutel

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Feb 28, 1991, 3:44:52 PM2/28/91
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In article <12...@ur-cc.UUCP>, rbru...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Richard

Brumberg) writes:
|> In <1991Feb28.0...@demott.com> k...@demott.com (Kevin D.
|> Quitt) writes:
|>
|>
|> >FUNEX?
|> Have you any eggs?
|> >SVFX
|> Yes, we have eggs.
|> [...]

Interesting...

And I was still thinking that FUNEX is Rot13 for SHARK!

--brian

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Friendless

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Feb 28, 1991, 7:54:43 PM2/28/91
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In <12...@ur-cc.UUCP> rbru...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Richard Brumberg) writes:
>In <1991Feb28.0...@demott.com> k...@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
>>FUNEX?

>It's from a book called _CDB_ (See the bee)

Also, "The Two Ronnies", British comedians Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker
did an entire sketch like this on their show.

OEFOX
SUF,ICM!


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Jeff Erickson

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Feb 28, 1991, 8:34:52 PM2/28/91
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k...@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:

| FUNEX?
| SVFX
| FUNEM?
| SVFM

I will not eat them, Sam I M!

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Paul Tomblin

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Feb 28, 1991, 12:14:50 PM2/28/91
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rbru...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Richard Brumberg) writes:
}In <1991Feb28.0...@demott.com> k...@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
}>FUNEX?
}Have you any eggs?
}>SVFX
}Yes, we have eggs.
}>FUNEM?
}Have you any ham?
}>SVFM
}Yes, we have ham.
}>OKILFMNX
}Ok. I'll have ham and eggs.


}It's from a book called _CDB_ (See the bee)

I bet the book didn't mention what happens when you look at it in ROT13?

(I thought it was a strange conversation between two foreigners on a
beach in Oz)
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Rick Jones

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Feb 28, 1991, 8:25:21 PM2/28/91
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k...@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:


>FUNEX? Have you any eggs?
>SVFX Yes, we have eggs

>FUNEM? Have you any ham?
>SVFM Yes, we have ham

>OKILFMNX OK, I'll have ham and eggs

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Christer Ericson

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Mar 1, 1991, 4:20:25 AM3/1/91
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In article <1991Feb28.2...@comp.vuw.ac.nz> br...@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Brian Boutel) writes:
>
>In article <12...@ur-cc.UUCP>, rbru...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Richard
>Brumberg) writes:
>|> In <1991Feb28.0...@demott.com> k...@demott.com (Kevin D.
>|> Quitt) writes:
>|>
>|>
>|> >FUNEX?
>|> Have you any eggs?
>|> >SVFX
>|> Yes, we have eggs.
>|> [...]
>
>Interesting...
>
>And I was still thinking that FUNEX is Rot13 for SHARK!

That's interesting. SVFX is Rot13 for FISK, which is FISH in swedish. Maybe
you're on to something! :-)

>--brian


| Christer Ericson Internet: chri...@cs.umu.se |
| Department of Computer Science, University of Umea, S-90187 UMEA, Sweden |

Dan Hinojosa (Guest)

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Mar 1, 1991, 3:40:57 PM3/1/91
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Okay, what the hell...


MR DUCKS
AR NOT
OSAR, CM WINGS
LIB
MR DUCKS

sigh...

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Kerry Person

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Mar 1, 1991, 6:26:20 PM3/1/91
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In article <1991Mar01....@sdd.hp.com> hino...@sdd.hp.com (Dan Hinojosa (Guest)) writes:
>
> Okay, what the hell...
>
> MR DUCKS
(Th)em are ducks.
> AR NOT
(Th)ey are not!
> OSAR, CM WINGS
Oh (y)es, (th)ey are, see (th)em wings?
> LIB
(W)ell, I('ll) be!
> MR DUCKS
(Th)em ARE ducks!
>
>sigh...
Ditto. :-)

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Nichael Cramer

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Mar 1, 1991, 1:15:46 AM3/1/91
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}FUNEX?
}SVFX
}FUNEM?
}SVFM
}OKILFMNX

It's semi-interesting in rot-13?

Robert Bernecky

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Mar 1, 1991, 10:37:45 AM3/1/91
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The FUNEM posting reminded me of this one:

A person goes into a restaurant, has dinner, and tells
his server, upon being presented with the check, the following:

100204180


Explain.

I think this came from a riddle book I had back in 4th grade or so.

Bob Bernecky
Snake Island Research Inc.
ps: From the people who brought you Ralph 124c41.

Zippy T. Pinhead

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Feb 28, 1991, 5:19:56 PM2/28/91
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k...@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) cross-posts:

> FUNEX?
> SVFX
> FUNEM?
> SVFM
Yes we have ham.

> OKILFMNX

Okay, I'll have ham an' eggs.

Now try to keep this stuff out of the .humor group, and

we'll try to keep the run-on puns out of the .puzzles group.

Green, David

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Mar 2, 1991, 4:25:48 PM3/2/91
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In article <1991Mar1.1...@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>, r...@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky) writes...

>The FUNEM posting reminded me of this one:
>
>A person goes into a restaurant, has dinner, and tells
>his server, upon being presented with the check, the following:
>
>100204180
>
>
>Explain.

*SPOILER ALERT*

repeat -- *SPOILER ALERT*

100204180 -- I ought not to owe for I ate nothing.
1 ought naught two o four 1 eight nothing.

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MICHAEL MASCHLER

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Mar 10, 1991, 6:08:25 PM3/10/91
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In article <1991Mar1.0...@cs.umu.se>, chri...@cs.umu.se (Christer Ericson) writes...

>In article <1991Feb28.2...@comp.vuw.ac.nz> br...@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Brian Boutel) writes:
>>In article <12...@ur-cc.UUCP>, rbru...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Richard
>>Brumberg) writes:
>>|> In <1991Feb28.0...@demott.com> k...@demott.com (Kevin D.
>>|>
>>|> >FUNEX?
>>|> Have you any eggs?
>>|> >SVFX
>>|> Yes, we have eggs.
>> ...
>>Interesting...
>>
>>And I was still thinking that FUNEX is Rot13 for SHARK!
> ...

This reminds me of the following riddle:
What is green, hanged on the wall and is singing and whistling?

It is a Herring fish.
?...
It is green, because I painted it green.
It hangs on the wall, becaused I nailed it there.
It is singing and whistling -- this I said in order to make it
difficult for you to guess.

Michael

herr...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com

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Mar 14, 1991, 3:19:39 PM3/14/91
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In article <10...@shum.huji.ac.il>, masc...@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL (MICHAEL MASCHLER) writes:
[lots of quotations truncated]

>
> This reminds me of the following riddle:
> What is green, hanged on the wall and is singing and whistling?
>
> It is a Herring fish.
> ?...
> It is green, because I painted it green.
> It hangs on the wall, becaused I nailed it there.
> It is singing and whistling -- this I said in order to make it
> difficult for you to guess.
>
Sounds like a red herring to me.

dan herrick
herr...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com

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