Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!scc!steiny From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Bad Joke - Noah' ark Message-ID: <429@scc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 19:58:20 EST Article-I.D.: scc.429 Posted: Sun Feb 17 19:58:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Feb-85 01:41:43 EST Organization: Personetics, Inc. - Santa Cruz, Calif. Lines: 43 You know the story of Noah's Ark, of course. Well, after the flood when the ark came to rest on Ararat, Noah released all the animals, and held a meeting and explained to them that the Lord wanted them to be fruitful and multiply and repopulate the earth. Then he sent them out about it. In a week he went around to check on things. Well, the place was humming with activity: the insects had all reproduced of course, so there were flies, mosquitos, bees, and so on, and the small animals like the mice and hamsters were pregnant, the birds were building nests, and the other animals were getting about the courting process, all except the two snakes, down by the stream in a swampy bit no one else wanted. They were just lying there, curled up on two rocks in the sun. "Hey, be fruitful and multiply!" Noah told them. The male snake raised his head and said, "Don't sweat it!" So Noah went back to his business. A couple of weeks later Noah made another trip around. Well, the insects were into the third generation already, and the place was fairly hopping with baby hamsters, mice, bunnies, and so on. The cat and the dog were both pregnant, and the birds were all sitting clutches of eggs. Even some of the larger animals were showing signs of mating. All but the snakes. The only sign of activity there was the two had changed rocks. Noah again enjoined them to get with it. "We're cool!" The male snake assured him. A few weeks later Noah again made the rounds. By now the place was beginning to look fairly bursting with animals. Almost all the large animals were pregnant by now, and many birds had hatched, there was a litter of kittens, and the dog was expecting her litter any minute. Noah however hurried down to the stream to see the snakes. He found them chopping down trees, sawing the wood into logs and building furniture! "Will you two get with it!" He said. "Don't sweat it, everything is under control!" The male snake replied. Well, a few weeks later Noah again took a look around. By now even the elephant was pregnant, and the place was alive with baby animals. But again Noah hurried down to check on those snakes. When he got there, the area around the stream was positively wiggling with baby snakes. Which of course proves that ANYBODY can multiply with log tables! -- scc!steiny Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382 ihnp4!pesnta -\ 109 Torrey Pine Terr. ucbvax!twg --> scc!steiny Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 fortune!idsvax -/