Best of RHF: Usenet and Internet Comedy

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Unix Network Jokes

These jokes are only for people highly familiar with USENET computer networking and/or the UNIX operating system. If you don't know about these, forget it. Your only reaction will be, "Huh?" Some of the jokes will be funny to those with a general knowledge of computer networking.

This one sums it up. (Brian Westley) laugh

Leading the Blind (Bob Webber) rec_humor_cull, topical, chuckle

Internet Trek (Jeff Okamoto) smirk

Emily Postnews (Brad Templeton) original, laugh

Classifications of News readers (Geoff Kimbrough) smirk

Classifications of postings to various popular groups (Dave Fiske) laugh

The Flamers Bible (Joe Talmadge) original, chuckle

It's that time of year again (Frank Carey)

Flamers Bible followup (Joe Talmadge) original, chuckle

POWER POSTING SCHOOL (John Shipman) chuckle

How to Cook a Berkeley Student (N. Tasova) rec_humor_cull, chuckle

GNU echo man page (Brian Kantor) heard it, funny

The Compleat Poster (Mark Waks, Justin du Coeur) original, usenet, chuckle

Announcing badnews (The Invisible Man) usenet, original, chuckle

Uniforum report (John R. Levine) original, topical, chuckle

SMILIES (Kevin Johnson) smirk

Rr.1 (Maarten Litmaath) unix, smirk

Place.1 (ajs@hpfcajs.UUCP) unix, chuckle

Godless devil-worshiping evil computers (Karl Heuer) funny, unix

New plan for newsgroup voting. (Brad Templeton) original, unrated, usenet

A new version of rm(1) for DOD contractors (Steven L. Baur) computers, unix, original, chuckle

Re: More Stupid Programs (Andrew Arensburger) original, computer, smirk

You thought it was safe to go back in the water (Mark B. Cohen) topical, original, funny, usenet

An On-Line Interview with a PSUVMer (Mark Sobolewski) computer, usenet, original, chuckle

More Unix fun (trudel@revenge.rutgers.edu) usenet, chuckle

About comp.protocols.time.ntp: life imitates art (Brian Reid) usenet, chuckle

Captain Picard Encounters the Borg (Mark Sobolewski) original, usenet, chuckle

NetNews: every American's duty (GarBear Irick) original, chuckle, usenet

The life of a Usenet newsgroup (Mike Faber) usenet, original, chuckle

Monty Python joke for UNIX weenies! (Mark-Jason Dominus) unix, chuckle

Who's there? (John R MacMillan) original, unix, chuckle

Why do you need Motif? (Rose Greg) chuckle, unix

Unixslavia (Graham Toal) topical, computer, chuckle, pun

Why Usenet is Like a Penis (David D. Levine) original, funny, sexual, usenet

Unix support hotline, may I help you? (toad@cellar.UUCP) unix, chuckle, true

USENIX and UniForum dress (James Lee Johnson) original, funny, unix

Are you an Internet nerd? (Sarah L Lewis) computer, original, funny, usenet

How Quickly They Forget (Berry Kercheval) unix, chuckle, true

Computer support staff jokes (Chris Welty) original, computer, funny

Where does my j-ke go? (Matthew S. 'Opie' Warren) original, chuckle

Rich & Famous Newsgroups - A Quiz! (Christine A. Quinn) chuckle, usenet, original

Gary Larsonian Physics (Andrew Thomas-cramer) original, usenet, chuckle

New newsgroups (jester@vnet.ibm.com) original, chuckle, metahumor, usenet

News Flash: C&S to publish book (Brad Templeton) topical, funny, usenet

Rec.humor.funny T-shirt (Tim Poston) original, chuckle, USENET

A bad .sig day (James A. Cherry) funny, USENET, original

The Ten Usenet Commandments (K. Sivakumar) laugh, USENET

101 Ways to be Obnoxious on Usenet (Reuben King) laugh, USENET

Newsgroup behavior (fwd) (Photo Dude) chuckle, Internet

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