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From: foreman@winston.UUCP (Alastair Foreman)
Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: "The Case of the Poor Planner"  (clean)
Message-ID: <180@winston.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 17:48:55 EST
Article-I.D.: winston.180
Posted: Wed Feb 26 17:48:55 1986
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References: <307@telesoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: foreman@winston.UUCP (Alastair Foreman)
Organization: New Media Technologies, Burnaby, BC, CANADA
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Summary: 

In article <307@telesoft.UUCP> bruceb@telesoft.UUCP (Bruce Bergman @favorite) writes:
>[line eater offering]
>
>I'm posting this to both net.jokes and net.ham-radio, mainly
>because I haven't read anything about "real life" this funny
>in a long time, and it involves hams...
>
>                 ...  I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay
>there on the tools in pain, unable to stand and watching the empty
>barrel 80 feet above me...I again lost my presence of mind...I let
>go of the rope."
>

As far as I know, the original version of this story (involving a
bricklayer) is by Gerard Hofnung in his presentation to the Oxford Union,
quite a long time ago (1950's ?).

The entire presentation is on a VERY funny record.

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