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From: rose@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dan Rose)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Yet another shaggy dog story.
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Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 12:15:49 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 13 12:15:49 1985
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Another of those long pointless jokes (I also heard they were
called "shaggy dog stories" goes something like this:

There was this guy who absolutely loved pineapple cream pie.
[Or insert the most obscure but possible pie flavor].  The only
problem was, he could never find a place that sold any.  One day he
was visiting a friend in the next town, and he noticed a new pastry
shop.  He stopped by and asked if they had any pineapple cream pie.
"No," said the clerk, "But you know, when I lived in Kansas I think
there was a shop which made some great pineapple cream."

[Now go into excruciating detail about how he saved up his money to
go to Kansas, find someone who knew about the store, etc.  When he
gets there, the place is closed, but the old owner tells him about
a place in Newfoundland, etc.  Repeat until he is climbing through
the mountains of Nepal looking for the last place on earth which
makes pineapple cream.]

So he crawls over the last ridge, dragging his bleeding leg, and
there he sees it:  "Joe's Pie Shop:  We serve pineapple cream".
He pulls himself up to the counter and croaks, "I'd like some
pineapple cream pie."

"I'm sorry sir," we just sold our last piece," says the clerk.
"Okay, then I'll have cherry instead."  [AUGH!]

        And now, here's something we hope you'll really like:

At Smith College, the majors in many departments come up with witty
t-shirts which pun on their chosen field.  Common are things like,
"History repeats itself.  History repeats itself.  History . . ."
all over the shirt.  My favorite though said on the front:

        Economists do it with interest.

and on the back:

        No penalty for early withdrawal.

counter,
--
                        Dan (not Broadway Danny) Rose
                        rose@UCSD