Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site stc70.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!cires!nbires!stcvax!stc70!rdb 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 Lines: 30 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. ucbvax!nbires!stcvax!stc70!rdb hao!stcvax!stc70!rdb