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From: rdb@stc70.UUCP (Rick Bloom)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: possible groaner
Message-ID: <107@stc70.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 18:10:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: stc70.107
Posted: Fri Aug 10 18:10:38 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 13-Aug-84 03:34:22 EDT
Organization: Storage Technology Corp.  Louisville, CO
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     It seems that there was this prospector travelling through the desert.
He came upon this ghost town and saw, in the middle of the street, a
large chrome object, and a snake.  He was just about to leave, when
the snake said "Don't leave, I'm Nate the talking snake, and I won't
bite you."
     The prospector, astounded, asked "How is it that you can
talk, and what is that chrome object?".
     The snake replied "Why, I can talk because I'm Nate the
talking snake. And that object is the lever which holds the world
together.  Never pull that lever or the world will come in half as
easily as a dropped watermelon."
     The prospector asked what good that was to him, and the snake
replied "With the proper advertising, that lever and my talents could
earn a lot of money in your behalf."
     So the prospector hung posters and paid for spots on the local
radio and television stations.  After several months, the prospector
was very rich.  He was celebrating, and had a few too many drinks of 
expensive liquor.  As he was driving his expensive European sports
car, he looked up and saw that he was very close to the snake and the
lever.  He had to make a fast decision, and at the last minute, swerved
to avoid the lever, and smashed poor Nate the talking snake flat.
You see, He was sure that it was always better Nate than lever.
-- 

          Rick D. Bloom
          Storage Technology (Disk Division), Louisville, CO.
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