Re: The "Al Gore" thing

[Carl Glover <glover@msmary.edu>]

Dear Michael,
	Tell your friend's wife to cite her source, since we're heavy into
intellectual property around here.
					Warm regards,



					Carl W. Glover
					glover@msmary.edu

On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Michael Pemberton wrote:

> Just in case you don't think what we talk about here has any impact:
> 
> I sent a friend of mine the following joke, based on the contributions of
> Carl Glover, Neal Lerner, and others here over the past few days:
> 
> Q: What do you call the Vice President doing the Macarena?
> 
> A: Algorithm
> 
> Well, he just wrote me back with some interesting information.  His wife is
> a VP at Paramount Studios, and she just happens to be hosting some big
> shindig at the studio that Al Gore is attending today.  My friend has
> relayed the joke to his wife with instructions to tell Gore the joke when
> she sees him.
> 
> Just thought I'd let you know in case the joke shows up as a sound byte on
> the news sometime.
> 
> Or just in case a Secret Service agent shows up on one of your doorsteps...
> 
> --
> Michael A. Pemberton
> Assistant Professor, Department of English
> Director, Writers' Workshop
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> 608 S. Wright St.
> Urbana, IL  61801
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> michaelp@uiuc.edu
> 
>