From: owner-humor
To: Multiple recipients of list HUMOR
Subject: reading test & motivation <clean>
Date: Sunday, April 10, 1994 8:57PM

Joke (1) L.A. (Lower Alabama) 12th Grade Reading Test(answers follow joke #2)
Test 1                          Test 2
MR DUCKS                        MR SNAKES
MR KNOT                         MR KNOT.  MNO SNAKES.
SAR                             OSAR
CM WANGS?                       CM EDBD Iz ?
LIB                             OIC
MR DUCKS                        MR SNAKES

Test 3                          Test 4
MR FARMERS                      MR MICE
MR KNOT                         MR KNOT
SAR                             SAR
CMMT POCKETS?                   CM EDBD FEET?
LIB                             LIB
MR FARMERS                      MR MICE

Joke 2          This 10"x12" notice on a company bulletin board.

                LONESOME?
        Like to meet new people?
        Would you like a change?
        Do you like excitement?
        Would you like a new job?
                THEN JUST
                SCREW UP
                ONE MORE
                TIME!!!!!!

-----ANSWERS TO L.A. READING TEST
        Test 1                          Test 2
'Em are ducks!                  'Em are snakes!
'Em are not!                    'Em are not!  'Em [ai]n['t] [n]o snakes.
[Y]es [th]ey are!               Oh, [y]es [th]ey are!
See 'em wings?                  See 'em itty-bitty eyes?
[We]ll, I'[ll] be!              Oh, I see.
'Em are ducks.                  'Em are snakes.
        Test 3                          Test 4
'Em are farmers.                'Em are mice.
'Em are not!                    'Em are not.
[Y]es [th]ey are!               [Y]es [th]ey are!
See 'em empty pockets?          See 'em itty-bitty feet?
[we]ll, I'[ll] be!              [We]ll, I'[ll] be!
'Em are farmers.                'Em are mice.                   [44th line]

