Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1e.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihu1e!cbd From: cbd@ihu1e.UUCP (Carl Deitrick) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Nonsense Riddle of the Month Message-ID: <299@ihu1e.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 16:43:07 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1e.299 Posted: Mon Aug 20 16:43:07 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Aug-84 00:38:33 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 22 I heard the following riddle from an Australian cowboy I met in the mountains of Montana: Q: If it takes a sheet and a half of galvanized iron to make a double- breasted waistcoat for a lop-eared cricket, how long would it take duck to wobble through a mile of treacle with hobnailed boots on? A: As long as you can hold dogsh*t in your mouth without dribbling. Well, I thought it was funny, but then seeing nothing but horses and cows for five days can put you into a rather peculiar state of mind. Carl Deitrick ihu1e!cbd