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> This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
> to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
> space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
> will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
> as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  
> -- 
> 
>   T. Cox   ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!benn
> 
>      Live long, 
>      avoid intentionalist terminology, 
>      and prosper.

I think that it is sick to make a joke over a persons death.
I doubt that you would like tastless jokes made about you or your
loved ones deaths.

Tom Eisaman 
ihnp4!ihlpl!eisaman

In article <1550@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T. Cox) writes:
>[]
>This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
>to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
>space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
>will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
>as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  

You win.
-- 
Dave Seaman	  					pur-ee!pucc-h!ags

In article benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T. Cox) <1550@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> writes:

>[]
>This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
>to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
>space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
>will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
>as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  

Unless *you* intended this as a joke, you're SICK!  This was a tragedy, and
unfortunately, jokes will probably be made eventually -- they need no 
encouragement.

> In article <1550@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T. Cox) writes:
> >[]
> >This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
> >to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
> >space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
> >will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
> >as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  

 You've got be be kidding. I think you win unanimously.

                         RDGREENALL@WATNOT.UUCP
                              - Richard Greenall

In article <11425@watnot.UUCP> rdgreenall@watnot.UUCP (Richard Greenall) writes:
>> In article <1550@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T. Cox) writes:
>> >[]
>> >This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
>> >to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
>> >space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
>> >will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
>> >as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  
>
> You've got be be kidding. I think you win unanimously.
>
>                         RDGREENALL@WATNOT.UUCP
>                              - Richard Greenall


Am I alone in perceiving the original posting as a satirical plea for
*no* mindless shuttle jokes?  This was the impression I got on first reading
it.

When the devastating news of the shuttle first reached me, I immediately
(after getting a sick feeling in my stomach) thought, "Oh no, this means
a nauseating spate of sick jokes on the net."  In fact I have already "n"'d
passed one.  

I was tempted to post a plea for no shuttle jokes, then thought it better to
just let the subject lie and see who might start it. (it sure would tell
me a lot about the people we're dealing with.)

My plea probably would not have been of the tongue-in-cheek nature, but that's
the way I interpreted the Cox posting.


					"Break on through to the other side"
							MRC

In article <1550@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T. Cox) writes:
>[]
>This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
>to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
>space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
>will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
>as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  

This is all very well, but there is absolutely no question but what such jokes
SHOULD BE ROTATED. I can see no good reason for requesting otherwise.

For your info, I will derotate them and read them. I like a truly tasteless
joke as much as the next deviant. :-)

					Jeff Winslow

In article <544@ihlpl.UUCP> eisaman@ihlpl.UUCP (Eiseman) writes:
>> []
>> This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
>> to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
>> space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
>> will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
>> as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  
>
>I think that it is sick to make a joke over a persons death.
>I doubt that you would like tastless jokes made about you or your
>loved ones deaths.

Of course it's sick. No one is disputing that. That doesn't mean it
shouldn't be posted - rotated of course.

					Jeff Winslow

> This is a request for the most tasteless [sic] joke to get posted
> to the net as quickly as possible after the explosion of the 
> space shuttle.  Those that mention teachers being blown up
> will gain extra points.  The award will go to the first posting
> as shown by the news software at the originator's site.  
> 
>   T. Cox   ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!benn


Okay, I think the posters so far are correct.  Given the way it was stated,
our "T. Cox" did win the contest.   No doubt some sort of "1/2 :-)"
disclaimer should have been added to the original posting.  

But I am quite positive that it was meant as satire.  Aren't we overreacting
yet again to a too-subtle posting?

By the way, I was hit just as hard by the Challenger explosion as most of
us on this net... but I found the "I will not go full throttle (100 times)" 
joke eased a little of the pain.  If they are not TOO close to home, this
sort of "tasteless" joke can be a help.


Ready for more flames:

       Ellen Keyne Seebacher   ..ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!see1
-- 
 Ellen Keyne Seebacher                     Univ. of Chicago Comp. Center
  Dilige et quod vis fac.                  ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!see1

The day of the accident, I heard three space shuttle jokes ( No,
I will not post them or mail them to anyone - don't bother to
ask.  ( and they were not from anyone at Interactive ) ), one of
which would have been funny if nobody had died.

It could be interesting for someone to take a joke like this and
study how it spreads around the country, how long it takes, how
mangled it gets after N tellings, etc.  Space shuttle jokes would
be good for this kind of study, because you don't have to worry
about Carson or Letterman or Saturday Night Live spreading it on
TV.

--
Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim

> You're sick (although I knew it had to happen).
> May you win a ride on the next shuttle.

This is an insult? I'd PAY for a ride on the next shuttle.

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

"Hideously disfigured by Indian curse? We can help! Call (511) 338-0959
 for an appointment."

> >I think that it is sick to make a joke over a persons death.
> >I doubt that you would like tastless jokes made about you or your
> >loved ones deaths.
> 
> Of course it's sick. No one is disputing that. That doesn't mean it
> shouldn't be posted - rotated of course.

I agree.  In fact, I encourage jokes about my death.  It would be
horrible to die, knowing that I had missed some good jokes, so I
want to hear them now.  Ok?

Unfortunately, it occurs to me now that Mark Twain's joke about his
own death is already famous.  And I've heard that joke many, many
times and no one has thought it tasteless.  Indeed, I think it's a
bit of "classic" humor, often applied to other things, now.

PS: I told Jeff's jokes to my folks and they thought they were
sick but pretty funny nonetheless.  And they are both teachers (you
wouldn't believe how many obscene and/or sick teacher jokes I've
heard in the past from my parents (none of which they made up...all
passed on to them by other teachers)).

Don Libes         {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!libes

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In article <22300029@uiucdcs> mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>> May you win a ride on the next shuttle.
>
>This is an insult? I'd PAY for a ride on the next shuttle.

So would I.  Even by passing on a shuttle joke I wish I'd heard a
month ago, when I wouldn't have had to laugh and cry at the same time.

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developed a new drink -- Everclear, Tab and an olive.

The Crystab McOlive.

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