Kicking Dead Horses (traditional values)

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From: Gregg Mackenzie
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1986 15:30

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(Don't feel bad; I never get any either.)

In article <1207@lll-crg.ARpA> figmo@lll-crg.ARpA (Lynn Gold) writes:
>>In article <418@cisden.UUCP> john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes:
>>>This girl goes into a bank, fills out a deposit form, goes up to the
>>>teller, says she wants to deposit a fifty-dollar bill.  The teller
>>>takes the bill, looks at it, holds it up to the light, finally says,
>>>"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't accept this bill.  It's counterfeit."
>>>"Oh my God!" says the girl, "I've been raped!"
>
>Sexism or not, I just plain don't get this joke.  Would somebody please
>explain to me why this is supposed to be funny?

I think it's supposed to be:  This "working" girl goes into a bank...
Without the word "working", it is not apparent that the girl is a 
prostitute.

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From: gmack@cisden.UUCP (Gregg Mackenzie)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Kicking Dead Horses (traditional values)
Message-ID: <470@cisden.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 10:30:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 10:30:00 1986
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Keywords: I don't get it ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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