From: "HOANG NGUYEN (PAUL) 765-9447/PAGER 237-3542 M/S RN2-18" <HNGUYEN@SC9.intel.com>
Subject: [joke] You Call This Living?(C.Banc and Alan Dundes)
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: HNGUYEN@SC9.intel.com
Organization: N/A
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 15:40:05 GMT

Tha^n cha`o ca'c ba.n,
Nha^.n tha^'y ma^'y lu'c ga^`n -da^y hi`nh nhu* co' mo^.t so^' ngu*o*`i
va^~n co`n tha('c ma('c, kho^ng tin, nghi ngo*` nhu*~ng gi` -da~ va` -dang
tie^'p tu.c xa?y ra tre^n que^ hu*o*ng Vie^.t Nam tu*` 1975 cho -de^'n nay,
to^i xin co^' ga('ng tie^'p tu.c post (without permission) mo^~i nga`y mo^.t 
va`i chuye^.n tie^'u la^m -do? (political joke) tu*` tuye^?n ta^.p You Call
This Living? cu?a C. Banc va` Alan Dundes.  Hy vo.ng xem ngu*o*`i thi`
hie^?u ta ho*n.  Nhi`n chung, ta^'t ca? -de^`u la` na.n nha^n cu?a mo^.t
che^' -do^. phi nha^n: che^' -do^. Co^.ng Sa?n. Ca'i hay, ca'i ta`i cu?a
Co^.ng Sa?n kho^ng pha?i o*? cho^~ no' ta`n a'c ho*n ca'c ba.o chu'a tru*o*'c 
-da^y da^~y -da^`y trong li.ch su*? con ngu*o*`i, ma` o*? cho^~ la` ca'c
na.n nha^n cu?a no' ne^'u co' thoa't ra -du*o*.c be^n ngoa`i du` ke^u ga`o
ca'ch ma^'y cu~ng cha(?ng ai tin, tha^.m chi' co`n cho la` "...qua' cu*.c
-doan!.  -Die^`u na`y -da'ng -de^? chu'ng ta suy nghi~.  Cha(?ng ha.n,
khi to^i no'i la'o "co' sa'ch vo*?" nhu* "...to^i tu*. nhie^n lu*o*.m -du*o*.c
mo^.t ta^'m ve' so^' tre^n -du*o*`ng....do` ra mo*'i hay ve' -do^.c -da('c"
A ha, mo.i ngu*o*`i co' the^? tin -du*o*.c.  Cho*' mo^.t ngu*o*`i na`o -do'
nghe to^i no'i nhu* va^`y "tu*. nhie^n -dang -di ngang bo*` ho^` bo^~ng 
mo^.t con ca' -de.p o*i la` -de.p tro^`i le^n cho mo^.t ta^'m ve' so^', do`
ra thi` hay -do^.c -da('c! " thi` ai co' the^? tin -du*o*.c kho^ng chu*'?
Tho^i -di, chuye^.n ta^`m pha`o! 

Co^.ng Sa?n la` master cu?a nhu*~ng chuye^.n nhu* va^.y.  Kho^ng ai co' the^?
tin va`o the^' ky? na`y, co' con ca'i na`o -dem -da^'u to^' cha me. mi`nh, chu*a
he^'t, co`n cho^n xuo^'ng -da^'t chi? chu*`a ca'i -da^`u tho^i, xong du`ng
xe ma'y ca`y................ha?  Ai tin no^~i la` chi? vi` mo*' mo^.t tie^'ng
"-Da? -Da?o Ho^` Chi' Minh" trong gia^'c ngu? me^.t mo~i sau mo^.t nga`y lao 
-do^.ng "dzinh quang" la` -di mu't mu`a le^. thu?y ha? Nhie^`u la('m nhu*ng 
toa`n la` chuye^.n ra^'t la` kho' tin nhu*ng la.i CO' THA^.T.

Tha^.t la` da`i do`ng.  Xin ha~y xem ca?nh ngu*o*`i kha'c ro^`i nha^.n xe't 
chuye^.n ta.

Tha^n me^'n,
Hoa`ng   

-----------------YOU CALL THIS LIVING?  C. Banc and Alan Dundes--------------
----------------- A Collection of East European Political Jokes--------------
----------------The University of Georgia Press/Athens and London------------

	"After his death, a Romanian knocks at the gates of heaven.  St.
	Peter appears and tells him he is not on his list so he'd better
	try at the competitor's gate.
	 As soon as he reaches hell, the gates are opened for him, and two
	devils invite him kindly to take a place at a banquet table.  The
	hall is beautiful, the table setting dazzling, the food and drink
	delicious.  Beautiful girls surround him, sweet music played in the
	background.  After a while, he finds hell rather boring, but unlike
	what he had expected, pleasant enough.  All of a sudden, a voice
	announces through a loud speaker that his was only apparent death
	that he must therefore return to earth.
	 He lives another ten years and then dies for good.  This time he
	doesn't even attempt to go to heaven, which is unknown to him, but
	he goes right to hell.  But as soon as he arrives, tow devils grab 
	him and throw him into boiling tar.  He complains and asks for an
	explanation, but to no avail.  Finally, the department head arrives
	and asks what all the fuss is about.
	- There must be a mistake.  I've been here on another occasion, and
	it looked quite different.
	- OH, THAT! THAT WAS THE HELL FOR TOURISTS.   "
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