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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: Thomas Scharf who wrote (3665)11/3/1997 9:56:00 PM
From: Robert Northington  Read Replies (1) of 62558
 
This lady always wanted an expensive car -- a
> >status symbol to drive around and be seen in.
> >She scrimps and saves, goes to the dealer, and
> >plops down several years' income for a brand
> >new, state-of-the-art, computer-enhanced,
> >kick-ass dream mobile.
> >
> >She's driving off. Decides she wants some music
> >and searches for the radio. The dashboard looks
> >like a control panel at NASA. She fiddles with this
> >button, that gizmo... jiggles these and those, but
> >finally gives up. Can't find the damned thing.
> >
> >Furious, she races back to the dealership and
> >screams at the salesman. Tells him they forgot
> >to install the radio. He assures her it's right there
> >in front of her. It's hooked into the onboard computer.
> >All she has to do is tell it what she wants.
> >He demonstrates: "Classical", he says. *click*
> >The car fills with the sounds of Paganini. "Blues",
> >he says, and *click* a B.B. King classic plays.
> >
> >She drives off amazed. "Country", she says,
> >and *click* a Garth Brooks tune comes on.
> >"Folk" *click* Joan Baez sings about the night they
> >drove ol' Dixie down. "New Age" *click* Yanni at the
> >Acropolis snaps on. She's so captivated by this new
> >toy that she isn't paying much attention to the road.
> >Another driver runs a light and cuts her off.
> >
> >"ASSHOLE!!!" she screams.
> >
> >*click*
> >
> >"Good morning, everyone. You're listening to the
> EIB network.
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