Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!fortune!hess From: hess@fortune.UUCP (Marty Hess) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Re:Nonsense Riddle of the Month Message-ID: <4207@fortune.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 15:08:55 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.4207 Posted: Wed Sep 12 15:08:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 07:04:32 EDT References: <5500073@hp-pcd.UUCP> Organization: The End of the Rainbox (sic) Lines: 22 <"The chick's toast"> > Speaking of nonsense riddles, let's not forget that all-time > classic from one of the Firesign Theatre albums: > > Q: "If you saw two telephone poles flying over East Pakistan, > how many pancakes could you shove in an elephant's ear?" > > A: "A banana about that color." (Said while holding hands about > a foot apart.) OR: Q: "I was rowing my canoe down the street when the doors fell off, so how many pancakes does it take to shingle a dog house?" A: (Two possible:) "17, because a camel has hairy armpits", or "12, because ice cream has no bones." (I always wondered where that stuff came from, thanks!) EAI (sideways, sort-of)