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Reader's Digest honors a freeper post on "50 funniest" jokes
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Posted on 08/15/2005 10:08:00 AM PDT by Our man in washington

The "Listen Carefully" joke started on FR a few years back. I know, it's been posted a lot, but I figured it was cool that it got listed on the "50 funniest" of one of the most popular magazines in the world.

Here was where the joke originated. (If I have no other claim to fame in my humdrum life, I can at least take credit for a few silly jokes.) It's interesting how it evolved:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/597015/posts

(I don't think any DU joke ever made it to Reader's Digest top 50 list. Unless they think "Bush is not just evil--he's also stupid!" is funny. Sure, that probably cracks them up in Ithaca, but still...)


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KEYWORDS: congrats; jokes; readersdigest; topten

1 posted on 08/15/2005 10:08:01 AM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: Our man in washington

Congratulations! I thought it was great!


2 posted on 08/15/2005 10:10:43 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod (Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
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To: Our man in washington

Here you go:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/597015/posts?page=7#7

Great joke!


3 posted on 08/15/2005 10:13:30 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin; Our man in washington
Absolutely hilarious! Good one Our man in washington. thanks Howlin.
4 posted on 08/15/2005 10:16:27 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: Howlin

hahaha. now I get it!


5 posted on 08/15/2005 10:18:06 AM PDT by peacebaby (Hot town, summer in the city. Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty.)
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To: Our man in washington; Howlin

I so love that joke but it is possibly real : )))

Seriously though I tell it often whenever the 72 Virgins come up I say its Virginians the Founding Fathers..always gets a grin : ) even from American hating libs.


6 posted on 08/15/2005 10:22:07 AM PDT by alisasny (We get 4 more years, you get OBAMA...: ))
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To: Howlin

Thanks, Howlin!


7 posted on 08/15/2005 10:23:18 AM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: Our man in washington

I've always said there was a good reason those 72 were still virgins.


8 posted on 08/15/2005 10:24:41 AM PDT by BigOrangeI
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To: Howlin

Absolutely!


9 posted on 08/15/2005 10:24:55 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Our man in washington
That joke started on FR?!

I didn't know that. Props to Our man in Washington!
10 posted on 08/15/2005 10:27:04 AM PDT by AVNevis (www.cahsconservative.blogspot.com Great Political Discussion from the eyes of a High School Student)
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To: Our man in washington

LOL!!!!!!Now that is humor. Thanks.


11 posted on 08/15/2005 10:27:13 AM PDT by Archon of the East ("universal executive power of the law of nature")
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To: Our man in washington
Robin Williams did a similar joke in his 2002 live show on Broadway... of course, your iteration predates that by a year. Perhaps Robin Williams is a lurker here?
12 posted on 08/15/2005 10:37:24 AM PDT by Namyak (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Our man in washington

that's funny!


13 posted on 08/15/2005 10:40:46 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: Namyak

It had spread all over the Internet by the time Williams picked it up. I suppose I could ask for royalties, but he tells the joke better than I ever could. :)


14 posted on 08/15/2005 11:08:50 AM PDT by Our man in washington
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