Flags: 000000000000 From: YUEN@janus.trl.oz.au (Gary Yuen) Subject: Journos! Keywords: national stereotypes, chuckle Date: 6 Apr 89 23:30:07 GMT Whilst on bush-walking trips, one hears many offensive jokes, and this one is no exception..... One day a journalist, hard-up for a story, was sitting on an Australian beach. As he gazed pensively out to sea, he saw a young woman thrashing about in the water. Upon further observation, he saw a shark circling her. His adrenalin pumping, he wondered what he could do to save her. Then a well built young man, who was jogging along the beach, suddenly dashed into the sea, karate chopped the shark, killing it, and helped the young woman swim to the beach. The excited journalist, seeing a fantastic story, ran up to the young man and said, "That was the most courageous thing I've ever seen in my life. I'm going to let the world know about this. You'll be famous. I can see it now, !" The young man turned to the journalist and said, "But I'm British." The journalist replied, without losing enthusiasm, "Oh, that doesn't matter." The next day, the headlines read, . -- Gary Yuen yuen@janus.trl.oz -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.UUCP Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing. Remember: Don't send to me and rec.humor at the same time. Try to wait.