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From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Joke schema?
Message-ID: <6014@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 11:32:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 31 11:32:09 1985
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References: <219@cmu-cs-g.ARPA> <167@dcdwest.UUCP> <387@spp2.UUCP> <2163@usceast.UUCP>
Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept.
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in article  <2163@usceast.UUCP> rw writes :
> In article <387@spp2.UUCP> urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike urban) writes:
> >In article <167@dcdwest.UUCP> benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter benson) writes:
> >>As a continuation of your formulaic joke:
> >>	<x>'s do it  with <y>.
> >>where <x> is an occupation, I always have liked:
> >>	Linguists do it with  their tongues.
> >
> >While it doesn't follow the paradigm exactly, I've liked:
> >	Linguists do it cunningly.
> 
> I've always heard this line in the context of Interdepartmental <sport>
> at the University of <state>, where the Foreign Languages dept has
> named their team The CunningLinguists.      (ooooh!)
> 
> --rw

While my sister was at UNC, Chapel Hill several years ago (early 70's), there
was nominated for student body president one Connie Lingus.  The
administration went nuts trying to figure out who this was, and was very
concerned that she was not on the list of enrolled students.  The students
in the meanwhile had a field day with promotional activities....
Nemo