[2975] in Humor
HUMOR: a halloween groaner
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Mon Oct 18 17:29:49 1999
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:20:25 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: "Gingras, Jack (GEAE)" <jack.gingras@ae.ge.com>
>Subject: a groaner
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:27:36 -0400
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>> A man was walking home alone late one night when he hears a BUMP... BUMP...
>> BUMP... behind him. Walking faster he looks back, and makes out the
image of
>> an upright coffin banging its way down the middle of the street towards him
>> ... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP...
>>
>> Terrified, the man begins to run towards his home, the coffin bouncing
quickly
>> behind him ... faster... faster... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP.
>> He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in,
>> slams and locks
>> the door behind him. However, the coffin crashes through his door, with the
>> lid of the coffin clapping ... clappity-BUMP... clappity-BUMP...
>> clappity-BUMP... on the heals of the terrified man.
>>
>> The man grabs the fireplace poker and hurls it at the advancing coffin. It
>> bounces off harmlessly and ... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP...clappity-BUMP...
>> clappity-BUMP... clappity-BUMP, the coffin advances.
>>
>> He runs upstairs and throws a lamp and end table as the coffin is
bumping up
>> the stairs, but ... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP...clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
>> clappity-BUMP, the coffin advances.
>>
>> He runs down the hall and into the bathroom. He locks himself in. His
heart is
>> pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.
With a
>> loud CRASH the coffin breaks down the door. Bumping and clapping towards
him.
>> The man screams and reaches for something, anything ... His hand come
across a
>> roll of Halls Mentho-lyptus lozenges. Desperate, he throws the cough
drops at
>> the coffin ... .. and of course....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> the coffin stops
>>
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