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From: josephs@ttidcb.UUCP (Bill Josephs)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Shaggy dog stories
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Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 14:32:44 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 14:32:44 1985
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     Two more shaggy dog stories:

     There was this African tribe whose living quarters -- their grass
houses, circled around a beautiful central knoll on which a huge tree grew.
Under the tree, they kept their chief's throne.

     Now it came to pass that this tribe was attacked by a neighboring
tribe.  In order to protect their most valued possession, their throne,
they tied a rope to it, looped the rope over a tree branch, and hoisted the
throne into the leaves -- effectively hiding it.  They then went off to
war.

     Many moons later, after successfully defeating their enemy, the tribe
returned to cut down their throne.  Unfortunately, on the way down, the
throne killed a dozen natives -- more than had been killed during the
entire war.

     The moral:  People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones.




The other:

     One day, two bacteria met in the vein of this beautiful horse.  Being
of opposite sex, they did what bacteria usually do, and promptly multiplied
-- from two, there were four, then eight, then sixteen,...  Soon, there
were so many bacteria that the horse got sick.  One day, When the two ori-
ginal ancestors met and commiserated about the rapidly deteriorating qual-
ity of life provided by this dying horse.  One noted to the other that he
(she?) had just passed another channel which appeared to be free of bac-
teria (the lymph system).  They agreed to switch to it.  Again, they multi-
plied -- two became four became eight...

     Now, with both its blood stream and its lymph stream infected, the
horse couldn't survive -- it died and as did all the bacteria but the first
two.  These met and started discussing their plight.  Their conclusion:
You shouldn't change streams in mid horse.

Enjoy!

					Bill Josephs