{"id":8602,"date":"2006-09-17T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2006-09-17T09:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/?p=8602"},"modified":"2018-01-13T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T10:25:08","slug":"17-september-2006-amusements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2006\/09\/17\/17-september-2006-amusements\/","title":{"rendered":"17 September 2006 &#8211; Amusements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body1\">Lewis&#8217;s wife on an airplane, strikes up a conversation with the geeky computer programmer sitting next to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;Where are you going?&#8221; she asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;I&#8217;m going to San Jose,&#8221; says the geek, &#8220;to a UNIX convention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">Later, Lewis picks his wife up at the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;How was the flight?&#8221; he asks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;OK, I guess,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I sat next to this guy I felt really sorry for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;Why&#8217;d you feel sorry for him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;He didn&#8217;t have any testicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;What!&#8221; Lewis was shocked. &#8220;And just how did you learn that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;Because he said he was going to a eunuchs&#8217; convention.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span class=\"body1\">I was meeting a friend in a bar, and as I went in I noticed two pretty girls looking at me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;Nine,&#8221; I heard one whisper as I passed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">Feeling pleased with myself, I swaggered over to my buddy and told him a girl had just rated me a nine out of ten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body1\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to ruin it for you,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but when I walked in, they were speaking German.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"body1\">During my stay at an expensive hotel in New York City, I woke up in the middle of the night with an upset stomach. 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