Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!rice!phil From: phil@rice.EDU (William LeFebvre) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Yet Another Jail Joke (Too Gross) Message-ID: <158@dione.rice.EDU> Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 04:39:49 EST Article-I.D.: dione.158 Posted: Mon Feb 24 04:39:49 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Mar-86 00:54:19 EST References: <3223@sun.uucp> <1100@ihlpa.UUCP> <31@randvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Rice University, Houston Lines: 23 Keywords: two hundred eighty eight, gross Summary: explained In article <31@randvax.UUCP>, jeanette@randvax.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan) writes: > >> The joke no one ever mentions in jail (when telling jokes by number): > >> 288 > >> > >> - W. Dean Stanton, Graphics Software > > > Alright...excuse my vast naivete, but I do not understand the above joke > one lick. Will someone PLEASE explain to this little girl!? Poor little girl... Please forgive me if others post a response, but we are out on the edge of the Usenet. 144 = one gross 288 = 144 + 144 = 2 * 144 = 2 gross = "too gross" Well, I thought it was funny! -- William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University