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From: falk@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: GuJust a Joke(not offensive)
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Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 10:18:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 10:18:00 1986
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It seems there were these three IBM employees on a special mission in a
very foreign country. One was a sales rep, one was a systems programmer
and one was a service engineer. Not knowing the customs of this strange
country, they unknowingly committed a crime that was punishable by death
via the guillotine. As was the custom in the country, they were to be 
given the choice of facing the guillotine head-up or head-down. The sales
rep was first, he said: "Sales reps always face a situation head-on, I'll
go face up!"
So, he was placed in the rack and the executioner released the blade. It
came whizzing down and stopped a mere inch from his adam's apple. Another
custom of the country was that if you were not killed the first time, you
were set free, so they let the sales rep go. The next one up was the systems
programmer. When asked how he wanted to die, he replied: "System programmers
never look back at what they've done, I'll go face down."
So, he was placed in the rack and the executioner released the blade. It
came whizzing down and stopped a mere inch from the nape of his neck, so he
also was set free. Then, it was time for the service engineer and, when asked
how she planned on facing the blade, she replied, "We can get to that later,
but first, I think I've spotted the problem with your guillotine..."

Connie Falk  (falk%uiucuxc@a.cs.uiuc.edu)