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- Announcing the:
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- 1988
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- REC.HUMOR.FUNNY
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- Computer Network Humour
- Annual
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- I often get requests for back-jokes out of rec.humor.funny, so I have
- gathered together over 600 of the better submissions from the last year
- and a half, along with some unposted stuff and original cartoons, into a
- compendium of this newsgroup's history. It's laser-typeset and takes up
- around 160 full sized pages.
-
- People ask me, "Why go to all the work of editing all those jokes for
- typesetting if everybody's already read them?" Of course, they only
- asked me this *after* I'd done all the work. I did this last year as
- Christmas gifts for family and friends. (Somehow I don't think they meant
- books when they said, "The best Christmas gifts are the ones you make
- yourself.") Everybody really liked it, so this year I'm making them
- available to net people too, for real cheap.
-
- I think many people might want this book as a Christmas gift for their
- own friends, or perhaps their enemies. (If you give it to your mother,
- I advise you rip out the ROT13 section.) In light of this I am writing
- introductory sections that explain USENET and the newsgroup to outsiders.
-
- I have also isolated the Computer/Science/Math jokes and the USENET jokes
- into their own chapters. Non-computer folks can avoid them, and you can
- read these chapters in front of your friends while laughing riotously,
- allowing you to feel superior.
-
- If you started reading the group after it began, you'll find the jokes
- that you missed in this book. (Many have said the early months had the
- best submissions.) If you're looking for a back-joke, you should find
- it in here, too. I don't relish being a joke-server, and I never re-post,
- so this is now a route to get all the back-jokes at once. (It may even
- keep repeats out of rec.humor.)
-
- I have included a "Joka-Cola Classic" section, which contains most of
- the good jokes that I rejected as "too well known to the net." When
- I say that, it means I think about 50% of the readers will be tired of
- the joke, but there are still many who can enjoy these.
-
- I am also including about a dozen original cartoons and strips by world
- famous comic artist Ty Templeton. (No relation.) (Ok. We share the same
- parents.) Ty currently draws the Justice League for D.C. Comics and
- has foolishly turned down offers to do syndicated strips for the L.A.
- Times syndicate. Perhaps some of his fans from rec.arts.comics can
- post reviews of his material to rec.humor.d.
-
- And, of course, if far more people buy this book than I expect, I'll
- actually recover the costs and effort of making it! Aside from the
- hundreds of hours I have spent moderating this group for the last 15 months,
- I have also put in about 60 hours of work making several *thousand* edits and
- corrections (I'm not kidding) to the jokes to make them suitable for
- typesetting. Have you ever tried to edit things typed by 500 different
- people, 95% of whom can't spell or punctuate, into a common form for
- typesetting? Don't try. (I'll explain in rec.humor.d why the net
- postings aren't so carefully edited, if anybody wants to know.)
-
- The book will cost $9.95 in U.S. funds. Shipping costs vary on where you
- are. You can order it by mail, or via an 800 number with a major credit
- card. Details on ordering are in a follow-up posting to this one. (RHF ONLY)
- (If you think this price is high, go to your local instant printer and
- ask how much to do a 160 page book with binding and cover in small quantities
- You will get quotes OVER the price I'm asking.) Order soon if you want
- your copy or copies in time for Christmas.
-
- NOTE: The discussion of issues concerning copyright and book-ordering
- on USENET already took place in rec.humor.d. That is the place if others
- want to discuss those matters again. Do not send this message over the
- ARPANET.
-
- P.P.S: This book contains jokes with swearing, sexual references and sick
- or offensive themes. Some jokes involve racism or sexism and are in a
- special section that can be removed. This book is not suitable for children.
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