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���-------------------------QUICKIE----------------------------------���
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Paul and Greg are talking on the phone.

Paul: By the way, man, I heard a new joke! What has a small dick
and hangs down?

Greg: Uh, I dunno... a bat?

Paul: Good! Ok, now what has a big dick and hangs up?

Greg: Uhm, I don't know, I give up.

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���----------------------TODAY IN HISTORY-----------------------���

If today is your birthday...you share it with:

1940 Bill Medley Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
1940 Paul Williams singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
1941 Jim Fox England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
1943 Christi Haas Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 Mama Cass Elliot Balt Md, singer (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday)
1945 David Bromberg Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
1945 Freda Payne Detroit Mich, singer (Band of Gold)
1945 Jane Blalock LPGA Golfer (Rookie of the Year-1969)
1945 Randolph Mantooth Sacramento Calif, actor (Emergency, Loving)
1948 Jeremy Irons England, actor (French Lieutenant's Woman)
1948 Michael Cooper SF Calif, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1948 Nadyezhda Tkachenko USSR, pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980)
1949 Twiggy Lawson [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (Boyfriend, W)
1950 Joan Lunden Fair Oaks Calif, news host (Good Morning America)
1950 Rudy Ramos Lawton Okla, actor (Wind-High Chaparral)
1952 Scott Colomby Bkln, actor (Stash-Sons & Daughters, Szysznyk)
1956 Rex Smith Jacksonville Fla, actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance)
1957 Richard M Linnehan Lowell Mass, US Army Capt/astronaut
1958 Kevin Hooks Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
1962 Tonja Walker actress (Capitol, General Hospital)
1964 Kim Richards LI NY, actress (Nanny & Prof, James at 15)
1965 Debbye Turner Miss America (1990)

.....and on this day in history:

1956 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)
1957 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)
1959 Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1966 Mike Burke named Yankees pres
1968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!)
1970 "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington DC
1973 Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) goes on the air
1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)
1981 Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chic Bears 10-0
1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
1983 St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)
1985 9,500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9)
1986 "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson permieres
1986 Chic White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits Calif Angels, 7-1
1986 Fed health officals announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance
1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens
1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave 
it to New Zealand (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)

�2002 http://www.scopesys.com/today/
���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

<A Classic!>

Angus Broon of Glasgow comes to the little lady
of the house, exclaiming,   "Maggie, cud ya be
sewin on a wee button that's come off of me fly?
I can't button me pants."............

"Oh, Angus........I've got me hands in the dishpan,
go up the stairs and see if Mrs. MacDonald could
be helpin ya with it."...........

About 5 minutes later, there's a terrible crash,
a bang, a bit of yelling and the sound of a body
falling doon the stairs. Walking back in the door
with a blackend eye and a bloody nose comes
Angus. The little lady looks at him and says
"My God, what in hell's name happened to you?
Did you ask her like I told you?"..........

Aye," says Angus. "I asked her to sew on the
wee button an she did.  Everything was goin fine,
but when she bent doon to bite off the wee thread,
Mr. MacDonald walked in............

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���-----------------------QUICK QUOTE----------------------------���

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-Somerset Maughm

���--------------------------TOON TIME------------------------------���

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���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

An extremely ugly man named Tony was sitting in a bar
having a drink with his friend, Paul, who is the exact
opposite in fact he may be the most handsome man in
town.

The two of them are discussing a beautiful blond girl
sitting at the bar.  Paul said, "Boy I sure would
like to get some of that.

Tony said, "Go ahead go for it.

Paul said, " There's no way She won't go with anybody
I've tried many times."

Tony said, "I think I could go out with her if I wanted to."

Paul laughed and said, "If She won't go out with me she sure
as hell won't go with you."

Tony said, "I'll bet you fifty bucks She'll go with me."

Paul says, "you're on."

Tony says, "Ok  just leave the money with the bartender and
I'll pick it up later."

Tony walks up to the girl starts talking and turned and walked
out of the bar, with the girl right behind him.

Paul couldn't believe it.  He went up to the bar and asked the
bartender, "What happened, What did he say to her?"

The bartender told him, "Well he didn't say much. He just said
it's a nice night for a walk.  Then he licked his eyebrows and
left."

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���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

A recent study found that 35% of men have been
injured while undoing a woman's bra.  That's correct.
While unfastening a woman's stabilizing devise, men
have received strained tendons, scratches, and other
similar injuries.  Actually, I can vouch for that.
I got injured today while trying to undo a woman's
bra. When I undid the woman in front of me in the
checkout line, she turned and hit me with a can of peas.

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���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

One day my housework-challenged son decided to wash
his sweatshirt. Seconds after he stepped into the
laundry room, he shouted to me, "What setting do I use
on the washing machine?"

It depends," I replied. "What does it say on your
shirt?"

He yelled back, "University of Illinois."

���--------------FROM THE BATHROOM WALL -------------���

Birds of a feather flock together and crap on your car.

  ���-------------------------QUIZ QUEEN------------------------------���

When compared to the other 49 states, which claim can California NOT make?

A. Greatest number of national parks and national forests
B. Annual farm output greater in value than that of any other state
C. More people than any other state
D. Largest percentage living in rural areas

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The flag of India is three horizontal bars. An emblem is centered on the 
white field. What are the other two colors represented on the flag?

A. Dark orange and green
B. Blue and red
C. Yellow and green
D. Magenta and Aqua


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Swiss doctor and sow gelder Jacob Nufer performed the first recorded what 
in 1500?

C. Caesarean operation on a living woman

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What is stomatology?

A. The medical study of the mouth and its diseases

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<To comply with recent internet law changes...Purehumour will
now present a daily non-smoking section...this section is fully
smoke-free...I do not smoke while creating it...and you are
requested not to smoke while you read it!  You co-operation
is expected.>

The minister was passing a group of young teens sitting on the Church
lawn and stopped to ask what they were doing.

"Nothing much, Pastor," replied one boy. "We were just seeing who can
tell the biggest lie about their sex life."

"Boys, boys, boys!" he scolded. "I'm shocked. When I was your age, I
never even thought about sex."

In unison they all replied, "You win!"

<End of non-smoking section...please light your tobacco products
once more>
���---------------DUSTING OFF THE ARCHIVES---------------���

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to see how Purehumour has evolved and what was funny in the
past!

This is unusual...there has never been an issue of Purehumour
on Sept 19th before...so today I bring you the first issue that
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���--------------------IT'S NOT PUNNY!------------------------------���

A sweet young thing comes home from the doctor's office crying. "What's
the matter?" her mother asks. "I had to take a blood test," the young
woman says. "Oh, did the needle hurt your finger?" her mother asks.
"It's not that. I did really badly at the test!" "How could you do badly
at a blood test?" her mother asks. "Well, Kelly got an A+, Wendy got a
B- and I got a 0!"

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���--------------ON THE ROAD WITH AN IDIOT---------------���

Another common situation that brings out passive-aggression is merging
traffic.  Every once in a while, a car will actually move into the left lane
to allow you to merge onto the highway.  These miracles do occur, and are
often the result of the passive side of passive aggressors.

However, passivity is short-lived.  These cars often accelerate in the
left-hand lane and pass you after you have merged.  They then return to the
right lane ahead of you, missing your vehicle by inches, and then their
speed dramatically drops once the aggressive maneuver is completed.

The only way to get them to accelerate again is to try and pass them.

There is no cure for passive aggression.  Recommended treatment includes
taking their keys or their licenses.  Some will respond to ammunition, but
this is illegal in most states.

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trying to prove that doctors can write something other than illegible
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���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

A sweet, beautiful young would-be starlet comes to
Hollywood to seek her fame and fortune. At her first
power cocktail party she goes to the host and asks
him,  "Who's the most powerful movie man in the room?"

"That would be Paul, over there by the caviar," he says.

The young woman walks over to Paul and says, "Excuse me,
Paul, would you mind stepping back behind this column? I'd
like to talk to you."

Paul and the girl step behind the column and she says, "Paul,
I'm gonna unzip your fly, take out your cock, and give you
the best blowjob you ever had...!"

Paul smiles slightly and says, "Well, okay. But...... what's
in it for me?"

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Two college women were discussing the date one had the night before.
"Oh, Nancy, he was sooo erudite, and clever, and sophisticated. He speaks
ten languages, drives a Lamborghini, took me to a Parisian restaurant and
ordered the meal and wine in French, then took me to his penthouse apartment
to look over his Russian book collection by the fireplace."

"Wow, Gail, he sounds fabulous! But just how far did he get with you?"

"Well, I really rather not say, but he was quite a cunning linguist!"

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���-------------------------WEIRD NEWS---------------------------���

An Italian funeral parlour is using scantily clad
models to sell its coffins.

Rome-based funeral parlour Cisa features sexy pictures
of models with its coffins on its website.

The girls are pictured sipping champagne or leaning
seductively on coffin lids.

One model is pictured wearing a g-string, leaning over
a coffin and turning her backside to the camera.

Another model is shown on all fours on top of a coffin
while another wears zebra hotpants and long black boots.

The firm says the unusual advertising on the website
(http://www.cofanifunebri.it/) is aimed at introducing
some humour to a serious subject.

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���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

An 80 year old man went to Hollywood to pick up a prostitute
and get some action. He noticed one hooker in particular and
started flirting with her. The prostitute started becoming
annoyed and said, "Get lost old man! You're ruining business!"

"Sure would like to get some action tonight," said the old man.

"You've got to be kidding! You're too old! You're all finished."

"What did you say?" asked the old man.

"You heard me - you're all finished."

"Oh," replied the old man, "how much do I owe you?"

���-------------------------QUICK WIT-------------------------------���

[||||]     M A R B L E    M A R V E L    [||||]

Workers in Florence are giving Michelangelo's statue of David a head to
toe scrubbing to remove decades of tourist grime.    (AP)

Yesterday, our Captain Marvel of Modesty John Ashcroft called the
Italian embassy and offered to clothe Dave in a nice chaste pair of
Spandex Jockeys.

Copyright � 2002 by Bob Mills, all rights reserved.
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���--------------------------HUMOUR---------------------------------���

A man worked in a post office. His job was to process all
mail that had illegible addresses. One day a letter came
to his desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God. He
thought, "I better open this one and see what it's all about."

So he opened it and it read, "Dear God, I am an 83 year old
widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole
my purse. It had a hundred dollars in it which was all the
money I had until my next pension check."

"Next Sunday is Easter, and I had invited two of my friends
over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy
food with." "I have no family to turn to, and you are my only
hope. Can you please help me?"

The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the
letter to all the others. Each of them dug into his wallet and
came up with a few dollars.By the time he made the rounds, he
had collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope and
sent over to her. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a
warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done.

Easter came and went, and a few days later came another letter
from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while
the letter was opened.

It read, "Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you
did for me? Because of your generosity, I was able to fix a lovely
dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my
friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was 4 dollars
missing. It was no doubt those thieving bastards at the post office."

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���---------DUMB CROOK OF THE DAY AWARD---------���

A Tallahassee man trying to hotfoot it away from the
cops had to do the stop, drop and roll when his
trousers caught fire Sunday.

Police said 30-year-old Carl Franklin would have kept
right on running - trailing smoke and ashes - if his
pants hadn't dropped to his ankles and tripped him up.

Tallahassee Police Officer Seth Stoughton spotted
Franklin about 11 p.m. standing by a fence on Kissimmee
Street. Franklin's pants were down, and he had both
hands in front of him. Stoughton suspected he was about
to urinate.

When the officer shouted, Franklin yanked up his pants
and turned to run.

"We prepare for a lot of stuff, but I'd never expected
to see the man's pants on fire," Stoughton said. "His
pocket was outlined in red, and it was clearly smoldering."

Apparently, Franklin had been smoking a Newport when he
stopped to heed nature's call. Lacking anywhere to put
his smoke, he'd just slipped it into his pocket.

Stoughton chased after the man in the burning pants,
yelling for him to hit the ground. Franklin kept going -
until his trousers slipped from his grasp and pooled at
his feet.

He took a tumble, and Stoughton dived on top of him,
slapping at the fire. Franklin was still trying to get
away, punching and kicking, until another officer arrived
and quickly cut away the burning pants.

Stoughton arrested Franklin on a charge of resisting
arrest, handcuffed him and took him to jail.

"About halfway to the jail, he was still shouting that
his pants were on fire," Stoughton said.

The officer reported Franklin "smelled strongly of an
alcoholic beverage and appeared intoxicated."

���---------------------------QUICKIE----------------------------------���

Why is there no Disneyland in China?

No one's tall enough to go on the good rides.

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MELVIN DURAI'S HUMOR COLUMN

"SEXIST LANGUAGE CAN BE AVOIDED"

As a conscientious writer, I try my best to avoid
sexist language. For example, I would never
write a sentence like this: "An experienced
shopper tries not to fill his cart with unnecessary
stuff." After all, many shoppers are female. And
they can't help themselves. It's better to
consider all possibilities and change the
sentence to this: "An experienced shopper may
sometimes fill his/her/its cart with unnecessary
stuff." That way, you won't offend any shopper,
even those who haven't yet settled on a
particular gender. It's always wise to be
politically correct, especially if you hope to one
day serve as Attorney General.

Of course, writing "his/her/its" is a little
awkward, as I eventually learned in journalism
school. My professors offered me a better
solution: make the sentence plural. That greatly
simplifies things, allowing me to write a
perfectly acceptable sentence: "Experienced
shoppers may sometimes fill their carts with
unnecessary stuffs." See how well it works?

It would be much easier if we had some
singular gender-neutral pronouns, but
unfortunately English developed many years
ago when sexism was rampant and nobody
objected to sentences like this: "The wife of a
busy politician must always keep an eye on her
husband's possessions." These days, we know
better and would write: "The spouses of busy
politicians must always keep their eyes on their
spouses' interns."

Thankfully, we've also eliminated many sexist
job titles, recognizing that most jobs are being
filled by both men and women. For example, we
have replaced "fireman" with "firefighter,"
"businessman" with "business person," and
"cleaning lady" with "floor technician." It is no
longer advisable to say "chairman," even if you
are referring to the head of the Boy Scouts (the
appropriate term is chairboy). In most cases, it
is better to simply say "chair," unless you
happen to be calling a furniture company.

You: "Hello. May I speak to the chair?"

Automated recording: "All our chairs are
currently busy with other customers. Please
stay on the line while we put you through to a
table."

It is also better to avoid using terms such as
"lady doctor" or "female doctor," as though
doctors are supposed to be male. Even if you
need a physical exam, you should just ask for a
"doctor" and try your luck. Don't worry, most
doctors have seen it all. If they happen to laugh,
it's only because they work so hard and are
often deprived of good entertainment. You
shouldn't take it personally.

For similar reasons, you should avoid saying
"male nurse," "gentleman nurse," or "nurse guy."
That would be unfair to all those men who have
taken up nursing and proven, under great odds,
that a man can do the job. Gone are the days
when men could only dream about becoming
nurses. Thank goodness.

It is also inappropriate to use the noun "man" or
"men" to refer to both sexes. Instead of "great
men in history," you should always say "great
figures in history." That way, you won't leave out
Pamela Anderson. No, seriously, you won't
leave out great women such as Amelia Earhart,
Indira Gandhi and Toni Morrison.

The use of "man" or "men" should be limited to
terms that pertain only to males. That's why I
join all men in calling for the immediate
correction of two terms that, last time we
checked, have little to do with us: "MENstrual
cramps" and "MENopause." It's much more
appropriate to say "womenstrual cramps" and
"womenopause."

I'd like everybody to say "Amen!" to that. I mean
"Apeople!"

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