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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: BKS who wrote ()10/29/1996 11:42:00 AM
From: PaperProphet   of 62562
 
Guillotine.
There was this doctor, this lawyer, and this engineer in sixteenth century France who were all condemned to death by guillotine for a crime they didn't commit. As was the custom, if the condemned felt they were unjustly tried, they could lay in the guillotine with their head face up as a sign to everyone that they proclaimed their innocence.
The doctor was asked first if he would like to lose his life face up or face down. Knowing he was innocent of the crime, the doctor said that he would like to be decapitated face up. The doctor cringed as the lever was pulled, but the guillotine did not fall. The people looked in awe as this was taken as a sign of innocence and the doctor was freed, cleared of the crime.
The lawyer was then asked which way he would like to go in and he also stated that he was innocent and would like to proclaim such by going in face up. Again the lever was pulled but the guillotine did not fall. The lawyer was cleared of the crime and freed.
The engineer was then asked if he felt he was innocent and if he would like to be placed in the guillotine face up. The engineer agreed and was put as requested. Once again, the lever was pulled but the blade did not fall.
"Oh, I see the problem.", said the engineer.
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