From: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [alt.usage.english] Re: More questions on jokes
Date: 12 Oct 1998 05:01:05 GMT

Subject: Re: More questions on jokes 
From: Laura F Spira <laura@DRAGONspira.u-net.com>
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english

Martin A. Mazur wrote:
> 
> larryp1@home.com wrote:
> >
> >I feel the best of the genre only state one part.
> >
> [...]
> >What's the difference between a circus and a chorus line?
> >The circus is a cunning array of stunts.
> >
> More practice, and even more un-PC:
> 
> What's the difference between a band of pygmies and a girl's track team.
> 
> The pygmies are a bunch of cunning runts...
> 
A recent newspaper report quoted a judge beginning his summing up: 'This
case - and I must be careful not to fall into Spooner's trap here -
concerns a group of warring bankers..'