"Edward McArdle" <mcardle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <150320080933455567%usenet00000001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Al Gore <usenet00000001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> In article <f4CdnZOVn4QLfkbanZ2dnUVZ_vShnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Mason Barge
>> <masonbarge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> > "George W Harris" <gharrus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> > news:7rjmt3d86v5ndmklcf4tiivm0bt1j5asuv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > > On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:17:43 -0700, suzee <suzeeq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>> > >
>> > > :> Usually of the form, "Person A dies, goes to Heaven, sees Person
>> > > B,
>> > > says,
>> > > :> 'Wow, I didn't know Person B died!' 'Nah, that's God, He just
>> > > :> *thinks*
>> > > He's
>> > > :> Person B.'"
>> > > :
>> > > :The way I heard that one... A Dr dies and goes to heaven and
pushes
>> > > his
>> > > :way to the front of the line. Says to Peter "I'm a Doctor, you
need
>> > > to
>> > > :let me in now" Peter says no, he has to wait his turn like
everyone
>> > > :else. Then a guy comes ru****ng past saying 'make way, make way'
>> > > :(something like that) and the Dr says, What about him, who's that?
>> > > Peter
>> > > :says That's God, he just thinks he's a Doctor.
>> > >
>> > > The way I heard is that Jesus was out playing golf,
>> > > and trying all these crazy shots, and shanking it into the
>> > > rough and the traps. He hit it over a water hazard, and
>> > > instead of walking around the hazard, he walked over it. A
>> > > bystander remarked "Who does he think he is, Jesus
>> > > Christ?" to which his partner replied "He is Jesus Christ, he
>> > > thinks he's Tiger Woods."
>> > >
>> >
>> > It's a lot older than that. The first time I heard it, it was Johnny
>> > Miller.
>> >
>>
>> The first time I heard it, it was Babe Ruth.
>
> The first time I heard it it was Julius Caesar, and Jesus had not even
> been born then!
>
> (Is this some sort of Monty Python competition?)
>
Pfft. No, it was a sincere historical observation. I remember the exact
joke -- "that *is* Jesus; he only thinks he's Johnny Miller" -- from the
mid-1970's; I even remember who told it to me.
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