Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2 From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Latin joke Message-ID: <686@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 09:01:31 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.686 Posted: Tue Feb 21 09:01:31 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 01:57:37 EST References: <684@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 28 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 ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2