Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!palmer From: palmer@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: erudite pun Message-ID: <9900423@uiucdcs> Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 14:36:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.9900423 Posted: Thu Feb 20 14:36:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Feb-86 06:11:14 EST References: <1915@jhunix.UUCP> Lines: 39 Nf-ID: #R:jhunix.UUCP:1915:uiucdcs:9900423:000:1380 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!palmer Feb 20 13:36:00 1986 /* Written 3:08 pm Feb 17, 1986 by ins_bbdg@jhunix.UUCP in uiucdcs:net.jokes */ /* ---------- "Re: erudite pun" ---------- */ q i q q> Three erudite gentlemen from the english department were having > afternoon drinks at a local sidewalk cafe. Engaged in typical > afternoon oration, they eventually noticed three young ladies of the > evening sashay down the sidewalk. One gentleman said to his two > companions, "Gentlemen, how might we best describe this situation > we observe transpiring"? > A second gentleman was quick to repsond, "Clearly, this situation > can be described as an anthology of prose". > "No", exclaimed the third, "I do not think you have adequately perceived > the finer details, this is obviously a trey of tarts". > At which point the original inquisitor retorted, "I am afraid you both > have failed to comprehend the quintessential attributes, what we are > observing is undoubtedly an essay of trollops". How about a pride of loins? -- "My favorite kind of diplomacy is a fully charged phaser bank." UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs \ BITNET: INS_BBDG@JHUVMS ihnp4!whuxcc > !jhunix!ins_bbdg P13I2691@JHUVM allegra!hopkins / CSNET: ins_bbdg@jhunix.CSNET ARPA: ins_bbdg%jhunix.BITNET@wiscvm.WISC.EDU /* End of text from uiucdcs:net.jokes */