Here is a set of samplings from the one-liner file. When processing submissions, if I see a short joke that is good but doesn't quite merit a posting of its own, I put it in the one-liner file. I haven't posted the results for quite some time, so some of these are pretty old. I have split the file up into 10 chunks of around 300 lines each. Some newsreaders go crazy and try to "undigestify" this -- beware. = = = = = = = From: PJB4288@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (HELLION WHEELS) Subject: A Star Trek joke What do you get when you cross a Klingon with a politician? Someone in Washington who might actually get something done! = = = = = = = From: m90rjw@ecs.oxford.ac.uk Subject: Joke Submission Heard this one from a mate recently: Q) What's green and takes ten minutes to drink? A) A Grant Cheque = = = = = = = From: hickernell@nwaces.enet.dec.com (Dave Hickernell, DTN 264-2031, MKO1-2/H13 26-Sep-1991 1423) Subject: PC horny OK, guys, we're no longer horny. The Politically Correct term is "vaginally challenged". [courtesy of my brother-in-law, Ron Howland] = = = = = = = From: shihsun@phoenix.princeton.edu (S. Spencer Sun) Subject: another fortune cookie thing California, n.: From Latin "calor", meaning "heat" (as in English "calorie" or Spanish "caliente"); and "fornia'" for "sexual intercourse" or "fornication." Hence: Tierra de California, "the land of hot sex." -- Ed Moran = = = = = = = From: brighton@phuket.UUCP (Bill Carson) Subject: "Banned Books" week [ it is original - just thought of it. ] Exercise your First and Second Amendment Rights at the same time - Shoot the book burners. = = = = = = = From: gisle@ifi.uio.no (Gisle Hannemyr) Subject: Yugoslavian ceasefire Yugoslavian ceasefire [noun]: Unit of time, roughly equal to the time it take to reload a gun. Source: "Ny Tid" (Norwegian Weekly). = = = = = = = From: bi299aq@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Phyllis Pugh) Subject: Irish Perverts (may be offensive ...) As told to me by my favorite Irish priest: Q: What do you call an Irish pervert? A: An Irishman who prefers sex to whiskey. = = = = = = = From: molly@rolf.stat.uga.edu Subject: joke Q: How do you make holy water? A: Take ordinary water and boil the HELL out of it. = = = = = = = From: fsmarc@tristero.lerc.nasa.gov (Marc Cooper) Subject: Freudian slip (So far as I know, this is original..) Psychotherapy- A long, drawn out process consisting of subtle probings of the human mind, whereby women are blamed for all of Freud's shortcomings. = = = = = = = From: dbw@crash.cts.com (David B. Whiteman) Subject: Judge Thomas Joke Original joke, bt I am sure someone else will come up with a similar punchline. While watching the Senate hearings on TV I realized all that the Senate is trying to do is figure out whether 42 year old Judge Clarence Thomas is over the Hill. = = = = = = = From: das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz) Subject: Good Advertising Seen on the side of an electrician's truck: "Let Us Remove Your Shorts". = = = = = = = From: garyk@hpldslx2.sid.hp.com (Gary Koerzendorfer) Subject: I'm sure they laughed when they wrote this - Headline in the Oct. 15 edition of the Wall Street Journal: "Restaurants Beef Up Vegetarian Menus" = = = = = = = From: gisle@ifi.uio.no (Gisle Hannemyr) Subject: Hypotetical movie poster. OS/2 -- The Nightmare Continues = = = = = = = From: kaaren@satyr.sylvan.com (Kaaren Bock) Subject: road, Marin Why did the Marin County woman cross the road? She was channelling a chicken. = = = = = = = From: hobson@header.enet.dec.com (Hobson's Choice 30-Oct-1991 1525) Subject: Try a dark cow, uh .... Two farm boys are just sitting day dreaming when a cow strolls by. "Man," says the first boy, "if only that was a woman." "Man," says the second boy, "if only it was dark out." = = = = = = = Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada From: dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) Subject: M as in... Every so often I find myself giving out a business address over the phone that includes the postal code M5H 2N6. I'm always tempted to say: "M as in Mormon... N as in nary" = = = = = = = From: apucorle%idbsu.bitnet@utcs.utoronto.ca Subject: Dentist A guru went to the dentist and said, "I'd like to transcend dental medication." - Dr. Dean Edell = = = = = = = From: catbyte.b11.ingr.com!medin@watmath (Dave Medin) Subject: One liners The recent post brought this to mind, from the backstage men's room at the Seattle Opera House: Q: How tall is a union stagehand A: Don't know. I've never seen one standing up... = = = = = = = From: neidorff@makore.uicc.com (Bob Neidorff) Subject: New Light Bulb Joke? I don't know if this is new, but I think it is. How many home owners does it take to change a light bulb? One, but it takes two weekends and four trips to the hardware store. = = = = = = = From: jp56+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jody R. Prival) Subject: cool math limerick I got this from a friend... ((12 + 144 + 20 + (3 * 4^1/2)) / 7) + (5 * 11) = 9^2 +0 Or for those who have trouble with the poem: A Dozen, a Gross and a Score, plus three times the square root of four, divided by seven, plus five times eleven, equals nine squared and not a bit more. = = = = = = = From: sameer@uunet.UUCPsameer Subject: shampoo this is not original.... I've always wondered why people use sham poo when the real thing is easily available..... = = = = = = = Organization: Novell Corp., Walnut Creek, CA. From: bdelvecc@wc.novell.com (Brian Del Vecchio) > From: cichlid@portia.stanford.edu (David Neiman) > Subject: Haiku (from dt@yenta.alb.nm.us) > "Twice five syllables > Plus seven can't say much but > That's Haiku for you. Here's my Haiku from a few years back: haiku's inventor must have had seven fingers on his middle hand = = = = = = = Organization: York University From: yorkvm1.bitnet!MMORSE@watmath Subject: Re: More from the one liner file (5/11) This one was Groucho Marx's favourite: "Mommy, mommy! The garbage man is here!" "Well, tell him we don't want any!" = = = = = = = From: gringort@pa.dec.com (Joel Gringorten) Subject: another for the 1 liner file? What do they call a woman without an asshole? Divorced. (told to me by a woman, of course.) = = = = = = = From: dg-rtp.dg.com!eliot@watmath (Topher Eliot) Subject: memory My mind is like an old-fashioned bear trap: rusty, dangerous, hasn't caught a thing in years. = = = = = = = Organization: Martin Bormann's Cranial Splints From: saul.cis.upenn.edu!mjd@watmath (Just Another Pain in the Ass) Subject: My dog I've trained my dog to salivate whenever Pavlov comes over for tea. Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum. Mark-Jason Dominus mjd@central.cis.upenn.edu = = = = = = = From: hobson@header.enet.dec.com (Hobson's Choice 10-Nov-1991 1223) Subject: Buckl, Ted Seen on a sign in Florida, outside the prison: "Buckle up, Ted, it's the Law." = = = = = = = From: A.Raman@massey.ac.nz (Anand) Subject: A complete story My sister told me this one a long time ago. In a literature class, the students were given an assignment to write a short story involving all the important ingredients - Nobility, Emotion, Sex, Religion and Mystery. One student allegedly handed in the following story: "My god!" cried the duchess. "I'm pregnant. Who did it?" - anand
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