A diplomat had on his wall a number of framed items. He explained to a visitor, "This is my college diploma. This is me with Richard Nixon. Here I am with...
Tim Young
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Nov 2, 2001 3:13 am
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After the fourth ball that isn't pitched over the plate, a historic announcement: The "Ball Four" Declaration. (The Balfour Declaration, named after British...
Tim Young
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Nov 4, 2001 11:18 pm
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These days, skin anthrax is quite "topical"....
Tim Young
tim@...
Nov 6, 2001 7:27 am
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There are discussions in the U.S. Government now about increasing federal oversight of airport security. As we saw on September 11, it was already a very big...
Tim Young
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Nov 7, 2001 12:09 am
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Fresh out of puns today, so here's one from the "Shoe" comic strip: http://www.macnelly.com/shoe_images1001/shoe_daily101201.jpg...
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Sam Taylor
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Nov 8, 2001 11:13 pm
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Yesterday our CEO had an appointment at a company called Ube (oo-be). I'm not sure what they do. Sounds kind of like E-bay. Maybe they provide a way to sell...
Tim Young
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Nov 9, 2001 3:21 am
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If Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, gets high on marijuana, does that make him a potted Plant?...
Tim Young
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Nov 12, 2001 3:13 am
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The reporter who read the news from a teleprompter shaped like a woman's breast was reciting the news from mammary....
Tim Young
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Nov 13, 2001 12:14 am
194
Sure, go ahead and check out a book from the library. But don't overdue it!...
Tim Young
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Nov 14, 2001 4:17 am
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"And this is our newest computer terminal," the IT manager said, as he was giving a tour. "That's very impressive," said the guest. On the floor next to the...
Tim Young
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Nov 15, 2001 4:24 am
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In my job, we have a few people who write news stories that I check and put on the Web. Yesterday one of the writers did a story about Kao, a Japanese company...
Tim Young
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Nov 15, 2001 11:11 pm
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"Clem, I don't get it," said one farmhand to another. "Those two guys are always driving around on their tractors, towing wagons around and singing "Kiss on my...
Who rides around on a motorcycle carrying a TV? Gamen Rider. ("Kamen (mask) Rider" is a popular kids action series. "Gamen" means "screen", as in a TV or...
If one thing affects another thing, it can be called a "knock-on effect." (This seems to be said more often in the UK than the US.) I guess the picture is of...
Tim Young
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Nov 23, 2001 7:38 am
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In what city does everyone wear a hat? Kabul. (In Japanese it's pronounced "Kaburu", which is also the verb for wearing a hat.)...
Tim Young
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Nov 26, 2001 4:16 am
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A Washington Post report in last Sunday's Japan Times said Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi has mysteriously become pregnant while in prison. "Trevi, 29, was mum...
Tim Young
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Nov 27, 2001 12:01 am
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"What?! You hid all your money in tree?" "Sure, why not? After all, it's a gingko." ("gingko"=$B6d0I!"%$%A%g%&(B) ("ginkou" is the Japanese word for "bank".)...
Tim Young
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Nov 28, 2001 2:58 am
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What do you call a guy who keeps hitting your arm BRUCE! ...a guy who works out a lot? JIM! ...a guy who puts flooring down TYLER! ...a woman who anyone would...
In Japan (and other place, I would imagine) they're now selling cans of Coke with a Harry Potter design on them. Be careful how you refer to these cans,...
What did the corn say after it came out of the pressure cooker? "Now I'm steamed!"...
Tim Young
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Dec 5, 2001 3:17 am
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A steam engine made out of newspaper: Shimbun no kisha. (Shimbun=newspaper; "kisha" can be both "steam engine" and "reporter".)...
Tim Young
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Dec 6, 2001 12:51 am
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A high-speed train for young hens: The pullet train....
Tim Young
tim@...
Dec 8, 2001 8:37 am
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Isn't that just an eggs-press train? Anyway, it's a pretty fowl yolk. Shell we stop it here, or is it all white to go on?...
Hugh Ashton
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Dec 9, 2001 6:40 pm
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I'm going to chicken out! dad...
Y6963@...
Dec 10, 2001 5:49 pm
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A guy who works in a bond trading house writing stuff on the whiteboard: a board stiff....
Tim Young
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Dec 11, 2001 8:33 am
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By the way, Japanese speakers may have noticed that the subject line is a pun as well. "Hen" means "strange" in Japanese, so "hen na joudan" is "strange joke",...
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