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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: The Montaaana flap... an explaination to new users
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 15:13:49 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 19 15:13:49 1985
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Awright, just as a note to those new users wondering about all the
hoo-rah about the "Montaaaana" posting:

Generally, little fuss is made about duplicate postings... often, 
a couple of people will post something they heard on Carson the
night before, or something.  Please do not construe the flap about
the "Montaaaana" posting as a warning not to post to net.jokes.

You see, we went through a cycle of this about 6 months ago.  It isn't
that the joke is bad, or that it's too offensive, it's just that there
ARE NO VARIATIONS!  Someone posted something like;

"Where men are men, and sheep are carefull."

Suddenly, net.jokes was flooded with "Corrections:"

>>>> No, No!  It's "Where men are men, women are scarce and sheep run scared"

>>> "Men are men and sheep are very, very nervous"

>>  "... and sheep are skittish"

>   "... are scared"

You see?  They all say the same thing, but everybody in the world had to post 
the version they heard.  I never kept track of the numbers, but there had to
be postings in the HUNDREDS... with near-zero variation.

So don't be afraid to post anything... and, if something like the flap over thisjoke happens, don't take it personally.

ARHHH! NO! NO! I CAN'T RESIST!

"... the sheep run scared, and the lambs don't go "Baaaa", they go "Daaaaad..."

				   Ron Wanttaja
				   Hypocrite-at-large (not to mention a large
				      hypocrite)
                                   (ssc-vax!wanttaja)