The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
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Sat, 20 Apr 1996 19:16:46 +0100
Hiya Folks... This one is so awful I just had to pass it on... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx -- ************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************ ******************<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>******************* *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** *** ***************************************************** **********************ANDROMEDA********************** ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > The following joke is quite long, but it's worth reading on... > There was a fly sitting about seven inches above the surface of the >water in a lake. At the same time, there was a fish, sitting underneath >the water and thinking...'You know, I'll bet if that fly dropped about >six inches, I could jump up and get it'. > At the same time, there was a bear sitting in the woods across the >lake. He was looking at the fly and thinking,"You know, I'll bet if that >fly dropped about six inches, the fish would jump up, get the fly, and I >could run across and get the fish." > At the same time, there was a hunter hiding behind a tree and >eating a cheese sandwich. He was looking at the fly and thinking, "You >know, I'll bet that if that fly dropped about six inches, the fish would >jump up and get the fly, the bear would run across and get the fish, and >then I could jump up and shoot the bear." > At the same time, there was a mouse sitting at the hunter's feet. He >was looking at the fly and thinking, "You know, if that fly dropped about >six inches, the fish would jump up and get the fly, the bear would run >across and get the fish, the hunter would jump up and shoot the bear, >lose his cheese sandwich and I could eat it." > At the same time (go figure!), there was a cat sitting in a tree and >looking at the fly. He thought, "You know, I'll bet that if that fly >dropped about six inches, the fish would jump up and get the fly, the >bear would run across and get the fish, the hunter would jump up, lose >his cheese sandwich, and shoot the bear, the mouse would start nibbling >on the cheese sandwich and I could pounce on the mouse." > Well, don't you know it happens: the fly drops six inches, the fish >jumps up and gets the fly, the bear runs across and gets the fish, the >hunter jumps up, loses his cheese sandwich, and shoots the bear, the >mouse starts nibbling on the cheese sandwich and the cat pounces on the >mouse, misses, and lands in the lake. > What's the moral of this story? > If a fly drops six inches, a pussy's bound to get wet. :)