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From: rrrm@cwruecmp.UUCP (R Robertson + R McGuire)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: reposting jokes over and over and over and over and over ........
Message-ID: <1133@cwruecmp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 14:02:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 14:02:36 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 12:01:45 EST
Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio
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    I have come up with a solution to the net.jokes problem of twenty different
people posting the same joke all in quick succession.  

    If you hear a good joke and plan on posting it doo the following:

	a) If you hear a joke from a person that you think might read
		net.jokes ask him/her if the net.jokes is infact the 
		original source.  If it is, DON'T repost it no matter
		how funny it was.

	b) read net.jokes and look for your joke.  If you see don't post it.

	c) pick a random number, a, between 3 and 14.  Continue reading
		net.jokes for a days before posting your joke.  If you
		see the joke in that time period, don't post it.
		/* This way a person can tell two of his friends the joke, both
		   of whom might post it.  One person will pick, say, 10 days
		   while the other could pick 6.  The latter would then
		   post the joke, the former would then read it and NOT
		   post it.						      */
		/* Granted, both of those people might both pick the same
		   random number but this ought to cut down on joke re-telling
		   a considerable amount.				      */
 
    This still won't prevent people from posting an endless stream of
BUMPER SNICKERS, YALBJ's, FUNNY BUSINESS NAMES, etc. but it should prevent
Patty O'Furniture's name from showing up more than once a year. 

    If you think this is a reasonable and viable plan let's hear from you.
The more visible support this gets the more likely it is that it will be
effective.  (Peer pressure at its finest.)



					Ryan McGuire
					(the rm of rrrm)