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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 25 Jun 1997.
Dust Off Your Funny Bone

Dust Off Your Funny Bone

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    There Once was           _(\_/)        Once there was a farmer who
       a farmer...         ,((((^`\        couldn't distinguish between
                          ((((  (6 \       his 2 horses.  Since he did-
                        ,((((( ,    \      n't know what to do he asked
    ,,,_              ,(((((  /"._  ,`,    his neighbor for an advice.
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   )))  ;'    `"'"'""((((   (              "Why don't you trim the tail
  (((  /            (((      \             of one of the horses", ad-
   )) |                      |             vised the neighbor.
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  ))  \     _ '      `t   ,.')             "You are a very clever man",
  (   |   y;- -,-""'"-.\   \/               said the farmer.
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     |./   ( (           / /'              For a couple of months it was
     ||     \\          //'|               all right, but then the tail
 jgs ||      \\       _//'||               grew back to its normal size.
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     \_\     |_/          ||               "You'd better trim the mane
     `'"                  \_\              of one of the horses", ad-
                          `'"              vised again the neighbor.

 For another couple of months it was ok, but then the mane grew back.
 
 "I think the best thing to do is to look for something characteristic
 that doesn't vary with the time, like the height of the horses", said
 the neighbor.

 "You are a very wise man, I'll measure it and tell you about it."

 After a few hours the farmer returned to his neighbor:

 "You were perfectly right, I've measured their height and indeed the
 white horse is 3 inches taller than the black one."

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From: John Nunley <nun...@goodnet.com>
Subject: Dust Off Your Funny Bone
Date: 1997/06/25
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