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From: phillips@reed.UUCP (Patrick Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Jail joke (not offensive to anyone)
Message-ID: <2391@reed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 03:11:53 EST
Article-I.D.: reed.2391
Posted: Wed Jan 29 03:11:53 1986
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Reply-To: phillips@reed.UUCP (Patrick Phillips)
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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Summary: 

To slightly change the previous joke, (thanks for the intro)
>A recently convicted felon was sitting in a cell with an old-timer in their
>cell-block.  The new guy says to the older guy "What do you guys do to keep 
>entertained around here?"
>" Oh, we tell jokes" says the old guy.
>Just then, from one of the cells in the block, comes a shout.
>"34!"
>A few chuckles  are heard.
>"98!" comes another shout.
>A giggle comes from the next cell.
>The new convict is confused.
>"I'm confused" says the new convict, "What's going on?"
>"Well", says the old timer, "we get to know the jokes so well that we number
>them, you'll catch on"

The new convict decides to get in on the jokes, so he learns which
numbers correspond to which jokes.
After several days he finally has them all memorized, so
he decides to try one out.
That night when all the other guys are calling out jokes,
he yells out "79".
There is dead silence.
The now confused new convict asks the old convict what went wrong.
"Bad delivery," says the old timer.

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		Patrick Phillips
		Reed College