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From: laj@wnuxb.UUCP (JOHNSON)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Stop the Repeat Offenders !
Message-ID: <372@wnuxb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 09:56:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 09:56:25 1985
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Are there any ideas for stopping the influx of repeat jokes ?  How many
times have you read the "face rings a bell" joke, or the "rabbi and priest"
joke lately ?

How about ...

- Create sub-groups for the most common repeat jokes.  People who feel 
  compelled to re-post a joke can put it in a bucket which can be
  ignored by the rest of the net.  I foresee

  net.jokes.sheep.scared.in.montana
  net.jokes.stow.thrones.in.grass.houses

- Classify and number the repeat jokes.  Only the joke number need be
  posted.  Interested netters can then look up the joke in a published
  index.  This has the adantage of saving large amounts of disk space
  and communication time.

- Create a mod.jokes group.  The moderator can discard the jokes which
  have had their day on the net.

					just looking for a solution,

					Larry Johnson
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