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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke

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To: Bill who wrote (11731)9/28/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: still learning  Read Replies (1) of 62552
 
OT Not to be a pain in the ass, but isn't it better to leave the political analysis/barbs for another thread. I sincerely enjoy the jokes here and hope that those posts will continue

Table of Equivalents

2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
1012 microphones = 1 megaphone
106 bicycles = 2 megacycles
500 millineries = 1 seminary
10 cards = 1 decacards
1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
10-6 fish = 1 microfiche
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
1012 pins = 1 terrapin
10 rations = 1 decoration
100 rations = 1 C-ration
10 millipedes = 1 centipede
3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
5 holocausts = 1 Pentacost
2 monograms = 1 diagram
8 nickels = 2 paradigms
2 snake eyes = 1 paradise
2 wharves = 1 paradox

And as a bonus, here's a brief history of medicine:

2000 B.C.: Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D.: That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 A.D.: That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1940 A.D.: That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D.: That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D.: That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.
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