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  <title>Write Your Own Joke contest</title>
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        <body>Sheesh. . . you try to have some fun and you get a lecture back.</body>
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        <body>FGB, you can honk at the Resaca exit (Just below Dalton) for the McKnight clan. I'll tell them to be listening....
Stack1009 | 09/05/08, 09:28 AM 
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I was in Dalton for about six months, back in 1978.  Nice area.  And I have an older half-brother who lives outside Cleveland, GA.  And a bit of trivia for everyone.  Cleveland Ga is where they make the Cabbage Patch dolls.  Yep, right there in a sleepy little north Georgia town.  Who'd a thunk it?</body>
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        <body>Results . . .</body>
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        <body>Okay.....I got nuthin'....but will return later</body>
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        <body>James

The winning shot: &amp;quot;Off the semi, off the forklife, off the pallet jack, nothing but net!&amp;quot;

Jumpin' Joe | 09/05/08, 10:26 AM 
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JJ, you work at NBC?</body>
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        <body>James

The winning shot: &amp;quot;Off the semi, off the forklife, off the pallet jack, nothing but net!&amp;quot;</body>
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        <body>don't know why you are all talking baseball when it's football season. Sheesh.

KS Elwood
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I thought football started back in July, when the Chiefs went to Wisconsin...or was it back in May at the OFA's or whatever they're called...or back at the draft...</body>
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        <body>soooooooooooooooo any east coast or southern teams scheduled to get whupped by a left coast team this weekend????</body>
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        <body>Maybe the first down markers are holograms &amp;amp; the receivers had no idea how far they needed to go.

Becky37
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They kept looking for the yellow first down line.</body>
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        <body>I don't know why you are all talking baseball when it's football season. Sheesh.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;After a two-month absence, the Write Your Own Joke (WYOJ) contest is back. As before, I will supply two potential set-ups. Your task will be to supply the punchlines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s get right to it:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic 1&lt;/strong&gt;: &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;LeBron James&lt;/strong&gt; was beaten soundly yesterday in two games of H-O-R-S-E by a warehouse worker on an outdoor court at Venice Beach. __________.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic 2&lt;/strong&gt;: &amp;quot;The IOC is investigating the silver and bronze medalists in the Olympic hammer throw, both from Belarus, for suspected doping offenses. __________.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since it&amp;#39;s been a while, let&amp;#39;s review some ground rules. If you plan to submit a punchline to either or both set-ups, please don&amp;#39;t read the other comments until you&amp;#39;ve done so. My concern isn&amp;#39;t so much that you&amp;#39;ll swipe the ideas of your fellow posters, but that you&amp;#39;ll try to avoid using the same lines/concepts as others. Honest duplication is a near certainty in an exercise like this. I&amp;#39;m more concerned that you give your imagination free rein.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will post a winner and some honorable mention selections for each set-up as tomorrow morning&amp;#39;s post. Good luck, and have fun.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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