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HUMOR: Don't Give Up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Wed Jul 12 19:38:03 2000
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:32:21 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: "MeMail.com": Joke of the Day <Joker@joker.org>
>To: joker@joker.org
>Subject: Don't Give Up
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:22:42 -0700
>
>
> Don't Give Up
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> A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted
> through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a
> ball and bat: "I'm the greatest hitter in the world," he announced.
>
> Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed.
>
> "Strike One!" he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and
> said again, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!"
>
> He tossed the ball into the air. When it came down he swung again
> and missed. "Strike Two!" he cried.
>
> The boy then paused a moment to examine his bat and ball carefully.
> He spit on his hands and rubbed them together. He straightened his
> cap and said once more, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!"
>
> Again he tossed the ball up in the air and swung at it. He missed.
> "Strike Three!"
>
> "Wow!" he exclaimed. "I'm the greatest pitcher in the world
>
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