[1569] in Humor
HUMOR: Jokes of the Day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed Aug 21 19:26:50 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 19:22:06 EDT
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 10:36:03 -0500
From: mabehr@MIT.EDU (Michael Behr)
Forwarded-by: Don Fitzpatrick <shoptalk@tvspy.com>
It was reported that producers of 'Baywatch' are now looking to
cast ethnically diverse actresses. In fact, David Hasselhoff
was recently overheard asking people, 'What's the Spanish word
for implants?'"
-- Conan O'Brien
A media uproar ensued when someone noticed that Microsoft's Spanish-
language thesaurus included the words 'savage' and 'man-eater' as synonyms
for 'Indian.' Says Bill Williams, "Just for fun, I looked up the word
'geek.' Microsoft's synonyms include 'suave,' self-assured' and 'a
winner.'"
The CEO of America Online resigned after just four months with the
company, and Gene Silver thinks he knows why: "He used up his 10 free
hours."
Comedian Argus Hamilton, on how the Michael Irvin jury was selected:
"They gave up looking for 12 people who aren't fans of the Dallas Cowboys.
They had to settle for 12 people who haven't partied with the Dallas
Cowboys."
David Letterman, on the return of Darryl Strawberry to the Yankees:
"If you think about it in terms of baseball, it makes perfect sense
because now with Steve Howe gone, on the roster there is room for a
designated felon."
