Subj : Re: Various Things
To   : August Abolins
From : George Pope
Date : Fri Aug 06 2021 11:08:22

 > Are all of these off the top of your head? ..or do you refer to  
 > a written version somewhere?  Anyway.. your cornucopia of it is  
 > amazing.

 > I couldn't remember a joke 5 minutes after someone told me one.

It's usually a mixture of ones I've saved, sonme I'vbe found in ad-hoc Google
searches, some from compilation sites (Punstoppable is one of my faves), &
ones I've remembered &/or created mysdlf over the years; I still know jokes I
first heard in 1977 when I was 10yop picking blueberries that summer! The 
dude in the next row seemed to have an unlimited repertoire of dirty &
somewhat so jokes he told all summer long - I memorized & told most in the
years soon after, until my friends & I outgrew them. . .  A lot are still in
my brain, either as originally heard or as embellished by me over the years,
to customize them for situations, places, audiences. . .

My collection, on my IBM(not currently plugged in) cpnmtains 100,000+ jokes &
puns & funny stories -- many found in here in the '90s or at least posted in
here by me, if not found in here. . .

My collection on this computer (Win10) is pretty much all digital; not a lot
of text, so I search with keytwords for jokes I remember then copy paste into
here, editing as I feel right.

I'm the Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM -- it's what I do.

Now that's not funny, so I'll put in some ObJokes. . .

Oh, darn, looks like the searchable internet archive of Fidonet is gone now. 
.. .:( 

No BBS jokes out there, as the TLA meanms other things now. . . :'( 

But on sysoping:

The 25 BBS Commandments
Thou shall love thy BBS with all thy heart and all thy bytes.
Thou shalt remember thy name and password.
Thou shalt only call a BBS two times a day.
Honor thy SysOp.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's password, nor his or her real name,
computer, software, nor any other thing belonging to him or her.
Thou shalt not post messages that are stupid, worthless, or have no meaning.
Thou shalt use the English language properly.
Thou shalt spell thy words correctly when ever possible.
Thou shalt delete thine olden messages.
Thou shalt help other users.
Thou shalt not post anonymously when offering criticism.
Thou shalt keep thy foul language to thyself.
Woe be unto the user who attempt to crash thy BBS, for he or she shalt be 
cast out from the sanctuary of thy hobby and must repent by doing 40 days and
40 nights of penance of voice-only communications.
Thou shalt first dial BBS numbers during the day by way of voice line to
assure correct numbers.
Thou shalt not post messages while drunk.
Thou shalt confine thy messages to those of friendship, requests for
assistance, aid to the needy, advice, and advancement of thy hobby; and thou
art obligated to repel any who wouldst transgress upon those commandments.
If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou doth not, then surely 
thou shalt spill coffee into thy keyboard and burn out thy central processing
chip.
Thou shalt not giveth any false information when applying for membership to a
BBS, for verily it is written that whosoever shall do so will surely be found
out and thy welcome on all boards will be thus denied forever and ever.
Thou shalt log on properly and in accordance with the SysOp's rules.
Thou shalt observe BBS time limits.
Thou shalt not upload "worm" programs.
Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that are already fully explained in the
BBS instructions.
Thou shalt not exchange copy protected software thru the BBS.
Thou shalt not violate applicable state/federal/local laws hand regulations
affecting BBS telecommunications, or thy will feel the wrath of thy judicial
system.
Thou shalt not hack.

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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