HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: speers@opus.mcds.com (Daniel E. Speers)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,alt.politics.clinton,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: Gun control (was Re: democratic platform)
Keywords: joke, very funny, haha, etc.
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 20:40:25 EDT
Organization: Dan's Domain, Randolph, New Jersey

sybok@athena.mit.edu (The Rifleman) writes:

> In article <183135@pyramid.pyramid.com> glambert@pyramid.com (George Lambert)
> writes:
> >If your assertion is correct, how was the military backed coup of Gorbachev
> >overthrown by an unarmed population?  Keep in mind that the conventional
> >forces of the USSR were the largest of any nation in the world. 
> 
> You don't know much about economics do you?  The collapse of the Soviet
> Government occurred _under its own weight_; the Soviet system of government
> _wasn't working_.  It was not a case--as the American Revolution was--of
> a group of oppressed people overthrowing a vast army.  It was a case
> were even a large portion of the army, loyal to Yeltsin, realized that
> they were doomed to economic failure if they held on to communism.
> 
> There certainly can be cases where a country is doing fine economically,
> yet chooses to oppress its people.  In these cases, the government won't
> fall without a fight.
> 
> >The point is that your argument doesn't hold much water in light of recent
> >events in the USSR, and a similar story can be told about how the British 
> >were forced from colonial rule in India.
> 
> A gun is not a solution to EVERY problem.  So what?  Neither is a car,
> a hammer, etc.
> 
> >George Lambert
> 
> Are you related to Tim "lean back an' enjoy it" Lambert?

   What does this conversation have to do with rec.humor???
From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Our wonderful Congress on the job
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:26:31 GMT
Reply-To: craigb@ot.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com


In article <tking.920824130813@ohm.ee.eng.auburn.edu>, tking@eng.auburn.edu (Thomas L. King) writes:
> In article <1992Aug24.170353.17856@unislc.uucp> miket@unislc.UUCP (Michael Thompson,B2C04,4560) writes:
> >In article <BtG3I2.C1D@acsu.buffalo.edu> v133q3xc@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeffrey J Miller) writes:
> >>In article <1992Aug22.221000.3241@ducvax.auburn.edu>, kenneth@ducvax.auburn.edu writes...
> >
> ><Stuff deleted>
> >
> >>Congress would think putting Playboy into Braille was a good idea. 
> >
> >My God, think of the possibilities....braille centerfolds!  Sign me up!
> >
> >
> 
> Me too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I've actually seen a Braille copy
of Playboy (printed on supermarket paper bag quality paper) and it
doesn't have any raised touchyfeely-type pictures on it.

Sorry.

Craig
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Newsgroups: rec.humor,soc.culture.polish,alt.censorship
From: oaf@serverx.osf.org (Oded Feingold)
Subject: Marek Podgorny, violence, imminent death of net predicted
Followup-To: talk.bizarre,alt.tasteless,rec.humor.d
Summary: more guts than brains - a second gratuitous posting
Keywords: whose guts, what brains, film at 11
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:40:23 GMT

>	Or, come to my place and tell me a polack joke face to face.
>	You will have a chance to find out what legal consequences
>	you might face and what MY RIGHTS are.
>					Marek Podgorny, NPAC, SU

Hey, this is cool.  I wonder, Mr. Podgorny, are you saying you'll sic
your lawyers on him (legal consequences) or are you threatening to
pound the bejesus out of him (Andrew Ford, if anyone cares) like a
REAL MAN (tm)?  

If you DO punch his lights out, is that censorship, or just humor?  If
you're a lawyer as well as a parallel computationist, my hat's off to
you, though I wonder how you find time to post to rec.humor.

Is this the breakdown of barriers between postings and violence?  Are
you a charter member of Hell's Nerdlings?  Are you a devotee of V.I.
Fabrikant, of Concordia University (Montreal), who took a gun and
settled his net-posted differences?  Is this continent in for a
bloodbath of violence from over-educated eastern Europeans?  (I happen
to admire Fabrikant, straightforward kind of guy - puts his money
where his mouth is...)


OBHALFJOKE: Once I was at a bar (in Pittsburgh, Pa., where there are
lots of Poles) and a friend showed up.  He started telling me a Polack
joke when the bartender interrupted:
	"Mister, before you go any further, I want you to know that
	I'm Polish, as are the bouncer and those three big
	steelworkers looking straight at you, and about half this bar.
	So I'd consider carefully what I was saying, if you get what I
	mean."
My friend said "Sure, no sweat, I'll tell it v-e-r-y slowly..."

Got my ass bounced out of there in a trice - never heard the end of
the joke.  (Too bad, my friend's name is Maskiewicz(*), he has the
right if anyone does...)

Does anyone know the punchline?  It starts "A Polish cavalry regiment
is attacking III Panzer Korps on the Bzura River, September 20..."

Followups redirected to the righteous targets - soc.culture.polish is
OFF the list.

Oded Feingold  oaf@osf.org     Contractor at  Open Software Foundation
OSF:   11 Cambridge Center     Cambridge,  Ma. 02142    (617) 621-7265
Home:  408 Broadway            Somerville, Ma. 02145    (617) 776-1225

(*)  Not his real name, but close, quite close...
From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Fun with cats
Date: 27 Aug 92 13:19:09 GMT
Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1992Aug26.201939.21922@smartstar.com>, syspb@smartstar.com (Paul) writes:
|> Try pouring some beer in a saucer, preferably warm beer with lots of fizz.
|> Your cat will try to drink it.  Watch his reaction.
|> 
|> Take 4 baggies and 4 rubber bands.  Put a baggie on each of your cats
|> paws, and put the rubber band around it to hold it on (not too tight).
|> When your cat trys to walk it looks pretty funny.
|> 
|> Try taking a piece of fish, and putting tabasco sauce or some other
|> hot sauce on it.  Then when the cat starts begging, give it to him.
|> 
|> Another good trick is to get a mousetrap.  Bait the mousetrap with some
|> tuna, and set it outside.  When a nosey neighbors cat comes along,
|> he'll get a surprise.

Singer Judd Struk always used cat gut on his guitars for 2 reasons:

1. Love of fine misic.

2. Hate of cats.
From: gregb@gout.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: C Programmers needed
Date: 31 Aug 92 13:06:06 GMT
Reply-To: gregb@gout.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM, Austin
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.1 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers

In  <1992Aug25.103155.1@prosrv.ems.com>  ddg@prosrv.ems.com writes:
> In article <1992Aug20.030842.20273@mongrel.uucp>, amdunn@mongrel.uucp (Andrew M. Dunn) writes:
> > In article <BARR.92Aug18110752@silver.NNTP> barr@silver.NNTP (J. Hunter Barr) writes:
> >>A consulting and solutions enabler firm that helps organizations to
> >>design, build, and and implement networked information systems has two
> >>positions open for C Programmers.  Candidates must have the following:
> >>
> >>    Strong C programming kills (3-6 yrs.)
> > 
> > If it's that lethal, why offer an opening for C programmers?   :-)
> > 
> 

There was an ad in the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News for a City programmer
for Springfield - job paid ~20K, and required "102 years experience".
I've kept that ad for a long time (but not 102 years).

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Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: cab@col.hp.com (Chris Best)
Subject: Re: Tales from the Confessional
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:19:23 GMT
Organization: your service

Wow!  The Bastard Priest From Hell!

...and I had decided this before I saw it was Simon T!

Keep 'em coming, and screw the flamers!
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: miket@unislc.uucp (Michael Thompson)
Subject: Re: Final Analysis
Reply-To: miket@unislc.UUCP (Michael Thompson,B2C04,4560)
Organization: Unisys, Salt Lake City
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:13:32 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.165251.14809@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> marios@ecs.comm.mot.com (mario smarduch) writes:
>Dear rec.humor netters,
>
>    Since this is the last article I will post to rec.humor, I thought
>I might sum up some of my experiences from the flame war.
>
>- Some people posted that I lack maturity, so what happens ?, I post 2
>articles and half of the MATURE netters are sending responses to
>rec.humor either bashing me or sending more polack jokes, I would
>say couple responses would be enough for such INTELLIGENT, MATURE
>jokers.
>
>- Some people posted that I should just ignore some of these jokes.
>so what happens ?, I post 2 articles all the MATURE rec.humor
>netters go on a rampage e-mailing me, posting articles to rec.humor.
>Hmmmm !!!, I wonder why people just did not ignore me?
>
>- Some people wrote me to get a sense of humor, so what happens?,
>I post couple articles, and people start sending me bomb threats,
>insults, swearing wanting to setup time, date and place to kick my ass.
>So what happened to the great sense of humor?, Ohhh but of course
>we're talking about MATURE people here, why not just laugh it off?
>
>- Some people wrote that I should not be wasting bandwidth, and here
>they are sending 2 or 3 page replys to the net forgetting about the purpose
>of rec.humor clogging up the news group with half of the flame war
>articles, another MATURE decision.
>
>- Some reminded me that my IQ is low because I was crossposting, and
>here we have half of the HIGH IQ netters crossposting to 3 or 4 
>groups without even knowing about it. Ohhh yes, very, very MATURE for
>high IQ people.                           
>
>- Also there were those that reminded me of spelling mistakes, and
>themselves used words to be found nowhere in the dictionary, what
>happened forgot to run the spell checker?      
>
>- Oh, yes, yes there were these high very, very, high IQ netters 
>reminding me of the first amendment and freedom of speech, forgetting 
>that I was just simply giving my opinion.
>
>- And lastly, there were those few people that really addressed the issue at
>hand and replied with quality articles, for which I would like to thank them.
>
>
>
>Conclusion: some of rec.humor netters did not get past puberty.
From: cybapunk@hovel.welly.gen.nz (Phil Ross)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Final Analysis
Keywords: Aha
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 13:08:10 +1200
Distribution: World
Organization: The Hovel Bulletin Board System

marios@ecs.comm.mot.com (mario smarduch) writes:

> Dear rec.humor netters,
> 
>     Since this is the last article I will post to rec.humor, I thought
> I might sum up some of my experiences from the flame war.
> 
> Conclusion: some of rec.humor netters did not get past puberty.

No. I think the conclusion is you lack the common sense to just shut up.
If you can't handle the insults, don't dish them out.  And you'd have to
stand on a chair to raise your IQ level, so your conclusion can be ignored.

"Stop flaming me" at first, then at the end, "You haven't passed puberty".

Oh, I should relax; the signs you are showing are probably caused by
sexual frustration.

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From: llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: bumper stickers we'd like to see
Date: 29 Aug 92 01:17:38 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Patrick Chu 3605 (chu@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com) wrote:
: 
: Here are some bumper stickers I'd like to see:
: 
: I (club) my cat.	[in the spirit of "I (heart) my cat" and
: 					  "I (spade) my cat" ]
: 
: My child is a juvenile delinquent at Some Elementary School.

when i first moved to austin three years ago, i was really amused to
see bumper stickers proclaiming:

                cook          my
                      (heart)
                school        child

cannibalism *and* infanticide. wow.

--
sine nomine
debbie martinson
life is messy. don't get any on me
From: frank@whare.cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: .ASCII PICS.
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 17:47:55 NZT
Organization: Tech-Soft Systems, Wellington NZ

ae642@yfn.ysu.edu (Kelley Miller) writes:

> 
> *...your Friendly Neighborhood Atheist // "Peter...PETER!!  I can see    *
> *      the KelleyMan:Kelley L. Miller // your house from here!"          *   
> *                  ae642@yfn.ysu.edu // Jesus Christ, from the cross     *
> ****************Know God...No peace.  No God...Know peace.****************

Test reply.

Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: jd@dickens.com (Joe Dudar)
Subject: Re: The Tent Joke
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:00:17 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Dickens Data Systems, Inc.

In article <46773@shamash.cdc.com> ria@dash.udev.cdc.com (Richard Askew) writes:
>chris@fnbc.com (Chris Toczycki) writes:
>: In article <1992Aug20.010438.11355@walter.cray.com> crgoc@bard.uk.cray.com  
>: (Gary O'Connor) writes:
>: > It's willy shakes his spear and henry IV ( I think)
>: 
>: Here it is:
>: 
>: 
>: Richard III
>: 
>: 1.1
>: 		Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester
>: RICHARD GLOUCESTER
>:    	Now is the winter of our discontent
>:    	Made glorious summer by this son of York;
>                                     ^^^  
>              - should actually be sun, but thats being picky!  
>
It's 'son'.  True, Willie was making a pun, but it was certainly not the sun
in the sky against which Richard was plotting in his opening soliloquy.

Now is the subject of an errant thread
Made glorious summer sausage by this side of pork;
And all the clowns that leered over our ng
In the deep bosom of illiteracy, sated.
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Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Christian Joke
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:47:07 GMT

bramble@bcarhab.bnr.ca (Daniel Zlatin) writes:
>Why was Jesus a bad hockey player...
>He always got nailed TO the boards.

There was a great thread a while back on why Jesus had to be Jewish
(or Italian), and included:

1) His mother thought he was God
2) He thought his mother was a virgin
3) He just wanted to be a doctor/lawyer, although he got nailed on his
boards. 

Any more?
-- 
Strange; I never have any trouble with service when I'm shopping. -- K. Kong
From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: American joke
Date: 3 Sep 92 14:00:27 GMT
Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1992Sep2.173024.17519@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, dsew@troi.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell) writes:
|> This must have been posted to rec.humor sometime but I don't 
|> remember seeing it in the latest round.  It's the best
|> of the genre I know.
|> 
|> Q: Why do Americans prefer to make love doggy style?
|> A: So they can both watch the TV.
|> 
|> [ouch.]

How-to videos??
From: HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Humor
Date: 3 Sep 92 02:10:37 GMT
 <1992Sep01.212008.27828@CS.ORST.EDU> <1992Sep2.171641.5679@gagme.chi.il.us>
Organization: Penn State University

In article <1992Sep2.171641.5679@gagme.chi.il.us>, anton@gagme.chi.il.us
(Andrzej Borowiec) says:
>>  How come this is called 'rec.humor'?
>Are you trying to start a cascade?
He's probaly got a brain tumor.
From: wood@siemens.com. (Jim Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Need Dan Quayle jokes...
Date: 25 Aug 92 12:40:55 GMT

joec@fid.morgan.com (Joe Collins) writes:

>Subject says it all....do you have any?

	Here's a Dan Quayle joke:

			DAN QUAYLE

	Now there's a joke!!

--
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"Rise up on the wings of eagles, and two step among the stars.
 You are not forgotten.  Your smile will echo forever."
   -- Ryerson Schwark, to my friend Rob Bernardo.
Newsgroups: rec.humor,alt.politics.clinton,talk.politics.guns
From: bob@medrcw.b17a.ingr.COM (Robert Whitehead)
Subject: Re: Gun control (was Re: democratic platform)
Keywords: Enough's enough
Reply-To: bob@medrcw.b17a.ingr.COM
Organization: Vulcan Science Academy Foreign Student Union
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 22:03:08 GMT

Hey, gang, what say we take this whole gun control discussion to
talk.politics.guns where it BELONGS?!?

All this talk about banning guns makes me wanna take my SKS and hide
in a book warehouse.....  o
                          [B-)  <-- smiley wearing shooting gear
                          o
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    -- Guinan, "The Measure of a Man", Stardate 42523.7

"That's right, Guinan; around here, they're called gun-control proponents!"
    --  Me, "Welcome To Reality", Stardate Right-f*ckin'-now
From: jim.heil@cutting.hou.tx.us (Jim Heil) 
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: On the Attention Span
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:47:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Cutting Edge - Houston, TX - 713-466-1525
Reply-To: jim.heil@cutting.hou.tx.us (Jim Heil) 

DA>From: blayda@acsu.buffalo.edu (Danger)
DA>Newsgroups: alt.politics.elections,rec.humor
DA>Subject: Re: On the Attention Span of Americans
DA>Date: 25 Aug 92 19:31:26 GMT
DA>Organization: UB

DA>In article <16846B19B.JHARTLEY#cmsa.gmr.com> JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com writes:
DA>>First of all, I am an American.  I am proud of it as well.   But I am
DA>>dismayed by our limited attention span.

DA>Could you post something a little shorter and to the point?

DA>;-)

Didn't I hear that on Headline news?
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From: cybapunk@hovel.welly.gen.nz (Phil Ross)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: re: bush campain t.v. ad
Keywords: Barf
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 19:57:12 +1200
Distribution: World
Organization: The Hovel Bulletin Board System

ash@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Jim Holsenback) writes:

>     Are you tired of people yelling  HEY  ????
> 
> 
>     Next time they do just yell back:
> 
>     "Hey is for steers and queers and i don't see your horns!!
> 
> 	or
> 
> 	Hey is the first stage of horseshit ....

Or.. "Sorry, next paddock"

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From: baylor@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: please help me name my machine
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:47:39 GMT
Reply-To: baylor@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California

In article <1992Aug20.210557.4916@aimla.com>, chris@optimla.aimla.com (Chris Angelli) writes:
>In article <1992Aug18.225845.8090@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Crunchy Frog) writes:
>>>lisa writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We get to name our machines at work here, and I am 
>>>>in desperate need of a new machine name in a hurry!  
>>>>Can you help me?  
>>
>
>I once took a course at DEC and they had named their
>computers after the Marx brothers:
>
>Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo, etc. and .... Karl
>
>
Gee, how about Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving
(see how many get the reference!)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: mmediko@hubcap.clemson.edu (Muralidhar Medikonda)
Subject: pissed man
Reply-To: mmediko@hubcap.UUCP (Muralidhar Medikonda)
Organization: Clemson University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:30:10 GMT

	
Hi!!
   Some of you might have heard this or read it some place else.
Please ignore or bear through this...

	Once blind man and his dog were waiting to cross a busy
intersection. Suddenly the dog lifted one of his legs and started
peeing on the blind man's pants. Immediately the blind man reached out
for his handbag, pulled a dog biscuit and was about to feed it. 
An obviously perplexed onlooker asked the man:

Onlooker:  Sir, Your dog just pissed on you. It is strange that you
	are so  kind enough to give a biscuit inspite of that.
Blind Man: You know what .... I am trying to figure out where the dog's
	head is so that 'I can kick its butt'!!!!
      
Hope you enjoyed it!!!
Medikonda
From: HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Funny sign
Date: 3 Sep 92 02:07:27 GMT
 <Btyv2K.Iwr@ecf.toronto.edu>
Organization: Penn State University


In article <Btyv2K.Iwr@ecf.toronto.edu>, yewhin@ecf.toronto.edu (YEW HIN Jimmy)
says:
>
>What about this one:
>
>No matter how hard you shake your peg
>At least a drop goes down your leg
>
You can beat it,
you can shake it,
you can bang it on the wall.
But it's gotta go in your pants
for that last damned drop to fall.



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From: syspb@smartstar.com (Paul)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Knock Knock
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:06:57 GMT
Organization: none

Knock knock
Who's there?
Catch
Catch who?
Gesundheit

Knock knock
Who's there
Tank
Tank who?
You're welcome

Knock knock
Who's there?
Joe
Joe who?
Joe Mama

Knock knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock knock
Who's there
Banana
Banana who?
Knock knock
Who's there
Orange
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn't say banana?
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: gilmore@venice.sedd.trw.com (Larry Gilmore)
Subject: Re: Christian Joke
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Carson, CA
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:42:29 GMT

In article <IecgM3y00WAyMMHGwB@andrew.cmu.edu> Thomas Omar Smith <ts2a+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>als@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Anthony Shipman) writes:
>>gilmore@venice.sedd.trw.com (Larry Gilmore) writes:
>>
>>>Tolerance is a Christian ethic.
>>
>>	Never has been.
>
>That should be corrected to "In theory, tolerance is a Christian ethic".
>
>					Tom the non hacker
>					Kemp in 96!
>					"If patriotism is the last refuge
>					of scoundrels,  Then environmentalism
>					is the current refuge of totalitarians."
>					Bob Jackson

No, no- the ethic is there and clearly stated in many places.  Just 'cause
most of us "Christians" ignore it....

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