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From: che238n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Subject: Re: Oracle FAQ?
Date: 7 Sep 92 13:12:55 +1000
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

In article <1992Sep7.135514.10646@waikato.ac.nz>, bwc@waikato.ac.nz (Ug!) writes:
> Oh great Usenet Oracle,
> oh galactic shining wit,
> whose splendour spans the heavens,
> and whose expositions fills us all with those wonderful squidgy feelings,
> 
> Do you have a FAQ?  If so, what is it?
   Where is it?
               
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From: lahaye@reg.triumf.ca (RAYMOND GABIN , TRIUMF OPERATIONS)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: nursery rhymes
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:21:00 GMT
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Sep13.151232.13221@zooid.guild.org>, Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes...
> 
>The funniest british comedian was Benny Hill. To be honest with you, I really
>hate british comedy shows. I think they are lame beyond believe. I like
>Andrew Dice Clay, Married with Children, Night Court (Dan Fielding) etc. 
>Those are, in my opinion, the funniest shows around. They show here some
>british comedy shows and I really wonder how long they have been boring
>people to death with those. Are there any funny, nasty, dirty, pig-dog shows
>in britain? 
> 
	wow!! Every show you mention are pie-in-the-face type humour, requiring
very little brainpower to understand.  I certainly don't mean that you should
not watch them ( I enjoy Married With Children myself ), but English humour is
the best available at this time, shows like Yes Minister, Butterflies, Born in
the Manor, the Black Adder series, Dave Allen, Monty Python, Not the Nine
o'clock News, and so on... Some shows require a knowledge of British politics,
which is not reviewed by north americans news broadcasts.  Nevertheless they
are very amusing, and light-years ahead of trash like Three's Company or Night
Court.  Even the Simpsons have more to offer.  So Cheer up, and give the
British shows another try.  Have you seen Lovejoy, on the Arts and
Entertainment network, funny and informative: all information on antiques is
accurate!
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From: hallan@cix.compulink.co.uk (Hugh Allan)
Subject: Wet-Backs
Reply-To: hallan@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:54:42 +0000

Excuse me for asking, but what's a wet-back?

--- Hugh
Xref: sparky rec.humor:28618 soc.culture.greek:8899
From: rsakella@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Rizos Sakellariou)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,soc.culture.greek
Subject: Re: Confusions...
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:45:04 GMT
Followup-To: rec.humor

cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A.T. Fear) writes:

>                                             BTW it is clearly
>the Lancastrians of Northern England who are the Spartans true
>descendents as you can see from the fact that the national dish of both
>groups was the Black Pudding. 

I think that I can present a chronological evidence for this... 
Several years after the campaign of ``Alexander, the son of Philip, and the 
Greeks except the Lacedemonians (aka Spartans)'', it seems that the Spartans 
regretted that they had not participated and, feeling shame, they decided 
to emigrate... Probably, after some adventures they arrived in Lancashire...

The above has nothing to do with the right of people to eat Black Pudding...

Regards,

--rizos
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From: lahaye@reg.triumf.ca (RAYMOND GABIN , TRIUMF OPERATIONS)
Subject: Re: American joke (oxymoron)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 06:27:00 GMT

In article <rdippold.715763288@qualcom>, rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes...
> 
>>>I dare you to cross post this to soc.culture.usa
>>                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Hah Ha Ha ha, get it! get it!  soc.culture.usa !!!!
>>get it yet!
>>               culture in the US of A, ha ha ha what a joke!!!!
>>This is Hilarious
> 
>Actually, the really hilarious thing is that the world demand for
>Coke and Pepsi, McDonalds, Levis, Madonna, etc. is almost bottomless.
>All that culture the US doesn't have makes quite a tidy profit.
>-- 
>If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments

	... and the world demands drugs from Colombia and the Golden Triangle.
The profits are very high.  Now what was your point?? Profit does not make
culture, nor is having money make anyone a better person.  However I will steer
away from arguing whether or not the U.S.A. has culture!!
Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.arts.movies
From: jd@dickens.com (Joe Dudar)
Subject: Re: Mixed Up Movie Titles
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:17:31 GMT
Organization: Dickens Data Systems, Inc.

In article <192gmuINNh5v@overload.lbl.gov> prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem) writes:
>In article <19986@fritz.filenet.com> sandra@fritz.filenet.com (Sandra Cole) writes:
>>All of us at one time or another have gotten confused about movie titles 
>>and called them something other than what they actually were.  Sometimes
>>this makes for some very amusing was not was movie titles.   A while
>>Sandra
>
>	Some were pretty lame, like "Under Golden Pond" etc, but some

On Walden Pond!

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From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Subject: Re: Road Signs
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 21:31:22 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

How about the ever common and infinitely stupid signs that say

DRIVE SAFELY

As if everyone needs constant reminders.  If those signs weren't there,
does that mean that everyone will drive unsafely?

Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: nursery rhymes
Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 04:27:23 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.151232.13221@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
>The funniest british comedian was Benny Hill. To be honest with you, I really
>hate british comedy shows. I think they are lame beyond believe.

The Brits just have a slightly different sense of humor...that's all.
I lived there for two years...liked Spitting Image quite a bit.  I'd
heard that D.C. Follies was supposed to be similar to Spitting Image,
so I tried watching it once or twice...was extremely disappointed.
D.C. Follies is nothing but politics...Spitting Image took potshots at
everything and everybody.  (They even did a Star Trek parody!)

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:05:00 EDT
From: <HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Names

Q: What do you call a guy with no arms, no legs lying in a pile of leaves?
A: Russle

Hans C. Masing | HCM100@PSUVM.psu.edu  | Penn State University MIS Dept |

"What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, that in scratching the poor
itch of your opinion make yourselves scabs?" - Will Shakespeare
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: gtr0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GLEN TORLEIF RYEN)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
Date: 6 Sep 92 18:58:42 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Sep4.134759.14724@fnbc.com>, dennis@fnbc.com writes:
[lots of babbling by various people deleted]
>
>THANK GOD (IF S/HE/IT EXISTS), THAT THE CASCADE IS OVER
>--
>Dennis D. Box                  |   (312) 732-6329      | "Its FUN to have fun,
>
    Over?!?  Nothing is over until we say it is!  Was it over when the Germans
bombed Pearl Harbor?

                                John Belushi (RIP)

                                
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From: saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal)
Subject: Re: Christian Joke
Organization: liver ---> spleen
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:39:10 GMT

In article <9SEP199213583851@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
scridd@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JEFFREY RIDDLEBAUGH) writes:

>In article <1992Sep4.024720.28930@bohra.cpg.oz.au>,
als@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Anthony Shipman) writes...

>>ara@wam.umd.edu (Ford Prefect) writes:

>>>If I discovered a new animal I certainly would not call it Platypus!

>>I think its from the Greek for 'flat face'.

>Greek "platy" - flat and "pous" - foot.

This poses and interesting probllem in etymology.  Actually, according
to [1], the animal was found and named by a member of a prehistoric
road construction crew after running over it with his "steam" roller (in
quotes, obviously, because the didn't use steam engines because they
didn't have them in those days).

Having never seen such a creature in an unflattened state, they did name
it "platy" - flat and "pous" - foot.  The next specimin not found after
having been flattened by a road crew was named a "toucan".

[1] Flintstone, F. "Construction Jobs of the Next Decade" Bedrock, -1992000
-- 
Sam Saal      kingfish!saal OR saal@kingfish.att.com
	Vayiftach HaShem et Peah Ha`Aton
From: t9114138@phillip.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: American Joke
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:36:16 GMT
Organization: RMIT (Bundoora Campus)


 
>> One man was talking to a friend when his dog came by and started liking
>> itself.  The friend said, "Gee, I wish I could do that!"  To this, the
>> man replied, "Well, you might want to pet him first."

Actually I heard it like this :

Two men are in the bar and they see a dog at the end of the bar licking its
balls. One man says to the other "Gee I wish I could do that". Where the
other man replied "Well, If you give him a biscuit he might let you".

 
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: mcvey@mpr.ca (Iain McVey)
Subject: Re: a real funny joke!
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 21:26:37 GMT

In article <aPwwqB2w165w@c-cat.UUCP> david@c-cat.UUCP (dave) writes:
>Anyone see Mr. Bush's Speech on Last Wednesday 9/9?
>"Read my lips no more new taxes"

The last political cartoon I saw had George practicing that line with a
ventriloquist dummy....


- Iain -

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Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: kwfriber@mtu.edu (Kenberg Frieth)
Subject: Re: Hurricane Joke
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:15:19 GMT

In article <HLeuqB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> biggles@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Matthew Barton) writes:
>One of the more unexpected things to result from hurricane Andrew
>relief efforts IMHO is the call for donated supplies, namely
>
>    Feminine Hygene Products          (y'know,  tampons!)
>
>Seems to me they don't mention these little things in a
>hurricane preparedness checklist. Maybe they're using them for
>other devious purposes?      The possibilities are there.  :/

Or maybe maxi pads.  I have known of emergency teams using them for packing
wounds, although is a little late for that down there now.

Ken Friberg
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Lame jokes...
From: mbuc1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Matthew Richard     Buchanan       )
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:22:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <BuA2Fz.174@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> chak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Matthew William Somers) writes:


>    I really need some lame jokes.  I posted before, but only got two
>responses.  An example of a lame joke is:

>              Did you hear the joke about the bed?

>              oh, forget it, it hasn't been made yet.

I can't mail you, but i thought the following was pretty lame:

what's white and blue and sits in a tree??



a fridge wearing a denim jacket.

later
matt.
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From: sprice@eng.auburn.edu (Shannon W. Price)
Subject: Pope joke
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:56:22 GMT



THIS IS A TRUE STORY, SO HELP ME GOD:
A few years ago, when the Pope visited America, he had a discussion
with the driver of the limousine that was transporting him from the
Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta to his suite at the Hilton.
The Pope and the driver were making small talk about the United States
when the Pope said, "You know, I love visiting your country, but there's one
thing that I've always wanted to do that, so far, I just haven't been able
to accomplish."  "What might that be, Your Lordship?", asked the chauffeur.
"I have always wanted to drive one of these big American limousines.  Do 
you think it might be possible to let me drive for awhile?"  The driver
hesitated, wondering if he might get into trouble for letting the Pope 
drive, but finally he relented and, pulling over to the side of the road, 
got out and swapped places with the Pope.  The Pope wrapped his fingers
around the sterring wheel and, with a glance in the rear view mirrow, 
eased the limo back on the highway.

"This feels as great as I imagined it would", he said, and slowly began
pressing the accelerator to the floor.  He slowly brought the speed up to
about 80 miles per hour, taking advantage of the breaks in traffic to dart
in and out among the slower cars.

He was cruising along int his fashion when he caught the eye of a Georgia
Highway Patrolman who was parked behind a billboard.  The Pope noticed the
lights of the trooper about the same time that he heard the siren and he
pulled off to the roadside.

The policemen approached the car and, warily eyeing the sacred papal
vestments worn byt he Pope, asked to examine his driver's license.  
"I'm sory, but I'm afraid I don't have a license" said the Pope.
"Officer, this man is the Pope" said the chauffeur from the back seat.
"I see," replied the patrolman, looking from the Pope to the chauffeur
now, "but I'll have to call headquarters on this.  If you will excuse me.."

The officer walked back to his patrol car and contacted his superior.
"Chief, look - I'm afraid I've got a real problem out here.  I have a 
VERY Important Person that I had to stop for speeding.  What should I
do?  Should I let him go?"

"Well," said the Chief, "Is it a Congressman?"  
"No, he
"No, he's higher up than that."
"A Senator?"
"No, Chief, he's higher up than that."
"It's not the Governor, is it?"
"No, Chief, he's higher up than that, too."
"Who is it - the President?!"
"No sir, he's even more important that THAT!"
"Well, who the hell is it then?"
"I don't know, but whoever it is, HE'S GOT THE POPE DRIVING FOR HIM!"



Shannon Price
Auburn University
From: rolleston_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz (Chris Rolleston)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Logic
Date: 15 Sep 92 01:42:43 GMT
Reply-To: rolleston_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

A Belgian, Hans, meets one of his French friends, Pierre, in the
street, and says:
 
Hans:   "Hi, Pierre! I haven't seen you for a long time! How are you?
         And your son, what is he doing now?"
Pierre: "He is studying logic."
Hans:   "Logic!?! what is that?"
Pierre: "It is a new, very good school in Paris.  Ok, here is an
         example: You still have your aquarium, don't you?"
Hans:   "Yes!"
Pierre: "So it means you like fishes!"
Hans:   "Obviously!"
Pierre: "So it means you like animals."
Hans:   "Of course!"
Pierre: "So it means you like the Earth."
Hans:   "That's right!"
Pierre: "So it means you like women."
Hans:   "Yes!"
Pierre: "So it means you're not homosexual!"
Hans:   "What a brilliant demonstration!!!  Your son is very clever!"
 
 
Very impressed, Hans carries on, and meets another friend:
 
Hans:   "Hi! Have you heard about Pierre's son?"
Other:  "No!?! What is he doing?"
Hans:   "He is studying Logic; it is very impressive! Look, an example:
         do you have an aquarium?
Other:  "No!"
Hans:   "So you're homosexual!"
 _
(_)o
/\  \ Help!  I've been stuck in here for years and years...
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: HELP:Monty Python scripts sites......
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 17:23:27 GMT

che238n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:

>In article <tonlun.716122774@Minsk>, tonlun@Minsk.docs.uu.se (Tony Lundstedt) writes:
>> 
>> I'm searching for a site (FTP anonymously) where I can find
>> scripts and songs from Monty Python and their wicked world of humor.

>They were recently posted on alt.fan.monty-python

And every news administrator with the _slightest_ bit of sense removed them
from thier machine immediately.  These scripts are copyright, and keeping
them or distributing them could get your site in trouble with the law.

Why don't you just buy the fucking book.  It only cost me $7 here in Ottawa,
so it should be a lot less in the US, and maybe double that in Sweden or
Australia.

Title: Monty Python's Flying Circus Just the Words (volume 1 and 2)
Author: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, etc.
Publisher: Mandarin Paperbacks
           Michelin House
		   81 Fulham Road
		   London SW3 6RB
		   U.K.
ISBN: 0 7493 0226 7

This book has both volumes bound together.
It has every word from every TV show.

-- 
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com or {uunet,revcan}!geovision!pt
(This is not an official opinion of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever"
    --  Carl Sagan
From: aldavi01@vulcan.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: She's a babe .. Wayne's World
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:11:36 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In <mckillnm.716124765@unix2.tcd.ie> mckillnm@unix2.tcd.ie (Marky Mark) writes:

> I am looking for as many ways to say "she's a babe !"

> EG :
> 	Baberaham Lincoln
> 	Etc.....

"She's a babia majora!"  (Takes a wee bit of anatomical knowledge.)

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From: matney@cray.com (Ken Matney)
Subject: Re: Wet-Backs
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:39:39 CDT

In article <4wtndf#@lynx.unm.edu> jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes:
>In article <melliott.716140351@convex.convex.com> melliott@convex.com (Mark Elliott) writes:
>>In <3558@ra.nrl.navy.mil> miner@hightop.nrl.navy.mil (Les Miner) writes:
>>>In article <22309@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> you@ems.cdc.com writes:
>>>>In article <memo.616815@cix.compulink.co.uk>, hallan@cix.compulink.co.uk (Hugh Allan) writes:
>>>>|> Excuse me for asking, but what's a wet-back?
>>>>Something like a green-back only wet.
>>>actually it is a derogatory (sp?) remark twoards the hispanic race.
>>Since the Rio Grande moves so much and the govt has put up fence along the
>>border, they are no longer called wet-backs......they prefer to refered to
>>as scratch-backs.
>
>Well, this must also include me.  Even though I've never been outside the
>US, I did swim (well, wade is closer to the truth) across the Rio Grande.  
>It flows notrh through the entire state of New Mexico.  I've also sailed
>across a lake that has been fromed from the river.  So, does that make
>me a Wet Butt, too?

I guess you'll know when the border patrol picks you up Monday morning.
I'm sure they'll let you know the full charges before they deport you...
well, maybe.
From: david@c-cat.UUCP (dave)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: a real funny joke!
Date: 11 Sep 92 01:01:33 GMT
Organization: Intergalactic Rest Area For Weary Travellers


Anyone see Mr. Bush's Speech on Last Wednesday 9/9?

"Read my lips no more new taxes"


gee should we believe him and re-elect him on this campaign promise alone ???


                                                       -David

China Cat System     
(301)604-5976 8N1
david@sandr.com 
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: steve@hsvaic.boeing.com (Steve Tanner)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Tom Swifties
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:30:49 GMT
Organization: Boeing AI Center, Huntsville, AL

"I'm not impotent and I don't suffer from premature ejaculation when
given head" Tom sputtered weakly, much too soon for Mary's taste.
From: dos@major.panix.com (Dave O'Shea)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Funny Names
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 22:30:13 EDT
Organization: ACME products - artillery division

jdare@math.rutgers.edu (james dare) writes:

> In article <1992Sep10.182529.23871@rtsg.mot.com> schy@rtsg.mot.com (Michael A
> >In article <1992Sep10.001958.14093@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> wes@ian.stx.com (Jo
> >>Those familiar with stock car racing know of a driver named 
> >>Dick Trickle. (sp.) It's amazing to here the announcers pronounce
> >>his name with nary a chuckle. 
> >How about the Detriot Lions' Harry Colon.  He must
> >hate his parents.
> 
> I once worked with an older fellow whose name was Dick Smith.  We
> often wondered if he had ever had a job where he manufactured dildoes.

I once worked with a guy named Dick Brown. We used to wonder.. Never mind.


--
"A leopard never changes his stripes" 
           -- Al Gore, candidate for vice-president
From: dos@major.panix.com (Dave O'Shea)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Campaign Slogan
Date: 11 Sep 92 02:39:48 GMT
Organization: ACME products - artillery division

webdw@cbnews.cb.att.com (bruce.d.woods) writes:

> 
> New Hampshire Democrats just nominated a very liberal
> woman named Deborah "Arnie" Arneson.  She campaigned on two
> primary planks:  introduction of a large, state income tax (NH
> has none);  unrestricted abortions.
> 
> Her campaign slogan in the general election is:
> "If they get born, tax 'em to death!"

So what's the joke?

She'd best be careful; New Hampshire folks don't take kindly to talk of
an income tax, and that have lots 'o guns!


--
"A leopard never changes his stripes" 
           -- Al Gore, candidate for vice-president
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: anton@gagme.chi.il.us (Andrzej Borowiec)
Subject: Re: Request, mother-in-law jokes
Originator: anton@gagme
Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 04:11:57 GMT

jaa@hutcs.cs.hut.fi (Jari Alasuvanto) writes:

>	I would like to have some mother-in-law jokes. 
>

Man sees his mother-in-law holding a broom.
Hello mother, cleaning up or flying away?

Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: scridd@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JEFFREY RIDDLEBAUGH)
Subject: Re: Christian Joke
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date:  9 Sep 1992 13:58 EST  

In article <1992Sep4.024720.28930@bohra.cpg.oz.au>, als@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Anthony Shipman) writes...
>ara@wam.umd.edu (Ford Prefect) writes:
> 
>>If I discovered a new animal I certainly would not call it Platypus!
> 
>I think its from the Greek for 'flat face'.
> 
Greek "platy" - flat and "pous" - foot.
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: sci10019@nusunix2.nus.sg (YU HONG WEY)
Subject: Chinese Restaurant
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 07:57:05 GMT

 Good one! I simply love it... great for dramas! Anymore of these?

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