today's humor

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Though I was of course only joking last week when I said I was gonna post those daily
 jokes from my friend, I found today's offering too rich to resist, especially in view of how
 some of our own--reasoning--chains have been unfolding. Enjoy.

john m
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>Date: Wednesday, March 05, 1997 12:39PM
>
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>> Neighbor 1: "Hi, there, new neighbor, it sure is a mighty nice day to be
>> moving"
>>
>> New Neighbor: "Yes, it is and people around here seem extremely
>> friendly"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "So what is it you do for a living?"
>>
>> New Neighbor:"I am a professor at the University, I teach deductive
>> reasoning"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Deductive reasoning, what is that?"
>>
>> New Neighbor: "Let me give you an example. I see you have a dog house
>> out back.  By that I deduce that you have a dog."
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "That is right"
>>
>> New Neighbor:"The fact that you have a dog, leads me to deduce that
>> you have a family"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Right again"
>>
>> New Neighbor: "Since you have a family I deduce that you have a wife"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Correct"
>>
>> New Neighbor:"And since you have a wife, I can deduce that you are
>> heterosexual."
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Yup"
>>
>> New Neighbor: "That is deductive reasoning"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Cool"
>>
>> Later that same day...
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Hey, I was talking to that new guy who moved in next
>> door"
>>
>> Neighbor 3:   "Is he a nice guy?"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Yes, and he has an interesting job"
>>
>> Neighbor 3:   "Oh, yeah what does he do?"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "He is a professor of deductive reasoning at the
>> university"
>>
>> Neighbor 3:   "Deductive reasoning, what is that"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Let me give you an example.  Do you have a dog house?"
>>
>> Neighbor 3:   "No"
>>
>> Neighbor 1:   "Fag."
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Does this sound scarily familiar or what?