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A joke about scrod and Boston
I spotted this item on the internet and thought that this group may enjoy it:
When I was a kid I went to college in Boston (where there are over a hundred 4-year degree-granting institutions by the way). I majored in English, and to make ends meet I drove a cab at night.
This guy gets into my cab and asks to be taken to the airport. He was in town for business and he's leaving. Then he says to me, "I was kinda busy this trip, and there are some things I didn't get to try. Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?" I thought for a second, then I said,
"You know, I've been driving this cab for three years now and I must have heard that question a thousand times, but that's the first time anyone's asked it in the pluperfect subjunctive."
When I was a kid I went to college in Boston (where there are over a hundred 4-year degree-granting institutions by the way). I majored in English, and to make ends meet I drove a cab at night.
This guy gets into my cab and asks to be taken to the airport. He was in town for business and he's leaving. Then he says to me, "I was kinda busy this trip, and there are some things I didn't get to try. Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?" I thought for a second, then I said,
"You know, I've been driving this cab for three years now and I must have heard that question a thousand times, but that's the first time anyone's asked it in the pluperfect subjunctive."
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[nq:1]I spotted this item on the internet and thought that this group may enjoy it: When I was a kid ... "[/nq] You had to be there... Gary Eickmeier
- [nq:1]I spotted this item on the internet and thought that this group may enjoy it: When I was a kid ...
- "[/nq] You had to be there...
- Gary Eickmeier
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[nq:1]I spotted this item on the internet and thought that this group may enjoy it: When I was a kid ... must have heard that question a thousand times, but that's the first time anyone's asked it in the pluperfect subjunctive."[/nq]
You had to be there...
Gary Eickmeier
You had to be there...
Gary Eickmeier
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bayskater repeated a terribly old "joke" involving:
[nq:1]Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?"[/nq]
This was stale when I was going to MIT in the mid 60s.
[nq:1]Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?"[/nq]
This was stale when I was going to MIT in the mid 60s.
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[nq:1]bayskater repeated a terribly old "joke" involving:[/nq]
[nq:2]Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?"[/nq]
[nq:1]This was stale when I was going to MIT in the mid 60s.[/nq]
And there's nothing worse than stale scrod.
[nq:2]Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?"[/nq]
[nq:1]This was stale when I was going to MIT in the mid 60s.[/nq]
And there's nothing worse than stale scrod.
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[nq:1]bayskater repeated a terribly old "joke" involving:[/nq]
[nq:2]Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?"[/nq]
[nq:1]This was stale when I was going to MIT in the mid 60s.[/nq]
Thanks for sharing that, Martin.
Fred
[nq:2]Where do you suppose I could have got scrod around here?"[/nq]
[nq:1]This was stale when I was going to MIT in the mid 60s.[/nq]
Thanks for sharing that, Martin.
Fred
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