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From: sues@tektronix.UUCP (Sue Anne Smith)
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Subject: Ethnic frog joke (rather gross)
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 12:34:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 12:34:39 1984
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  The following is my favorite joke, but read it slowly since I can't
type very fast.

  Hopefully everyone out there has heard about the famed frog-jumping
contest held every year in northern Californina.  Well, there was a
country of folks not necessarily known for their smarts, who had no
other claim to fame than a horrendous frog population, who decided to
enter the contest.  They searched every puddle and pond in their own
country, and held contests of their own to find the one frog amongst
all their millions that could jump the farthest.

  Well, they were just coming up with frogs jumping the usual six feet
until one day a little boy showed up at a contest with a frog that
jumped seven feet!  The judges were ecstatic, and the government felt
their long search had finally come to an end, but they weren't sure
a single foot lead would guarantee their winning the contest.  So the
government put the little frog into training.

  The little frog jumped and jumped but he never improved much past
seven feet.  The trainer was fretting over this one day while the little
frog was going through his workout when he noticed that even though the
frog had four legs, it only used its hind legs for jumping.  He was 
struck with a moment of inspiration and figured the little frog could
jump farther if he wasn't carrying as much weight.  So he cut off one
of the little frog's front legs (this is where it gets gross) and called
out to the frog, "Jump frog! Jump!"

  Well, the little frog jumped EIGHT feet.  The trainer was ecstatic
as he wrote down in his training log book: "Frog with four legs jumps
seven feet", and directly below it, "Frog with three legs jumps eight
feet".

  This was wonderful.  The trainer finally felt like he was getting
somewhere.  So he carefully cut off the little frog's other front leg
and cried out, "Jump frog!  Jump!"

  Well, the little frog jumped NINE feet, and the trainer triumphantly
wrote down in his log book: "Frog with two legs jumps nine feet".

  The trainer was mighty pleased as the little frog hopped about in nine
foot leaps, but soon his little mind went to work again.  He wondered 
how far the frog would be able to jump with only one hind leg.  Afterall,
a hind leg weighed much more than a front leg.  So he carefully cut off
one of the little frog's hind legs and cried out, "Jump frog!  Jump!"

  Well, the little frog jumped TEN feet!  Barely able to contain himself,
the trainer wrote in the log:  "Frog with one leg jumps ten feet".

  Knowing he was on the verge of something that would bring him worldwide
acclaim and the love of all his countrymen, the trainer adroitly cut off
the little frog's last leg (for he was getting quite good at it by now) 
and cried out, "Jump frog!  Jump!"  But the frog didn't move.  So he
took a step closer to the frog and cried out even louder, "Jump frog!
Jump!"  But still the little frog didn't move.

  Finally the trainer turned to his log book and wrote down, "Frog with
no legs ... goes deaf."