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From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Latin joke
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Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 09:01:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 21 09:01:31 1984
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Here is the translation of yesterday's joke in Latin.

Two foot soldiers were digging a trench.  One said to the other, "Do
you see the centurion on the rampart of the comp?  I was asking
myself, `Why is he up on the rampart while we're digging in the
trench?'"  The other answered, "I don't know.  You should ask him."

The soldier went to the centurion and asked him, "Why are you
standing on the rampart while we're digging in that trench?"  The
centurion answered him, "This is quite easily demonstrated."  The
centurion made a fist in front of the stockade, saying to the
soldier, "Hit my fist as hard as you can."  The soldier was about to
hit the centurion's fist when the latter moved his fist very
quickly.  The soldier thus hit the stockade as hard as he could. 
The centurion said, "Now do you know why I'm standing on the rampart
while you're digging in the trench?  I'm smart and you're stupid." 
"Yes," replied the soldier and went back into the trench.

His friend asked him, "Did the centurion tell you why he's up on the
rampart while we're digging in the trench?"  "Indeed," the other
answered him.  "It is very easily demonstrated."  And making a fist
in front of his face, he said to his friend, "Hit my fist as hard as
you can."
				John Hobson
				AT&T Bell Labs
				Naperville, IL
				(312) 979-0193
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