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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods, Software)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: YAWJ
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 11:49:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 11:49:44 1986
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> > >... Guy in the stall:  You got change for a ten?

> > I cannot *believe* this homophobic "joke"...

> Is this guy for real?

I assumed that the point of > > was to illustrate the foolishness of
overreaction to one's own reading-between-the-lines of jokes.  Many times
on net.jokes.d subtle satire has gone right past people (even me) but this
one seemed to come through loud and clear...

CLOSE-CAPTIONED FOR THE HUMOR IMPAIRED:

	Lighten up, folks!


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