{OT} crossword -->joke<--

The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thought and thought
about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him,
"What's a four letter word, ending in U-N-T that means 'woman'?"

The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to
look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness."

The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an
eraser?"

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thought and thought
> about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him,
> "What's a four letter word, ending in U-N-T that means 'woman'?"
>
> The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to
> look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness."
>
> The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an
> eraser?"[/color]
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This is a little spin on an oldie about an elderly woman doing a crossword
on an airplane.
Her next seat neighbor noticed that she had a most perplexed look and a
wrinkled brow,
and offered to help her out with the puzzle.
She said "well, it's a four letter word that ends in "I-T" and the clue is
"Something found
in a birdcage, and everyone agrees that the governor is full of this".
The guy thinks for a moment and says "Why that'd be "GRIT".
"Oh, of course. Thank you so much. Do you happen to have an eraser?"

"mack" <mackerel@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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>
> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xn0ent69n64n8n6000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=green]
>> The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thought and thought
>> about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him,
>> "What's a four letter word, ending in U-N-T that means 'woman'?"
>>
>> The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to
>> look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness."
>>
>> The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an
>> eraser?"[/color]
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> This is a little spin on an oldie about an elderly woman doing a crossword
> on an airplane.
> Her next seat neighbor noticed that she had a most perplexed look and a
> wrinkled brow,
> and offered to help her out with the puzzle.
> She said "well, it's a four letter word that ends in "I-T" and the clue is
> "Something found
> in a birdcage, and everyone agrees that the governor is full of this".
> The guy thinks for a moment and says "Why that'd be "GRIT".
> "Oh, of course. Thank you so much. Do you happen to have an eraser?"
>[/color]

That joke would never work in Illinois. We haven't had a governor full of
grit in decades. The other stuff, yeah. A lot.

Charles of Schaumburg

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> "mack" <mackerel@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:xn0ent69n64n8n6000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=darkred]
>>> The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thought and thought
>>> about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him,
>>> "What's a four letter word, ending in U-N-T that means 'woman'?"
>>>
>>> The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to
>>> look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness."
>>>
>>> The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an
>>> eraser?"[/color]
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> This is a little spin on an oldie about an elderly woman doing a
>> crossword on an airplane.
>> Her next seat neighbor noticed that she had a most perplexed look and a
>> wrinkled brow,
>> and offered to help her out with the puzzle.
>> She said "well, it's a four letter word that ends in "I-T" and the clue
>> is "Something found
>> in a birdcage, and everyone agrees that the governor is full of this".
>> The guy thinks for a moment and says "Why that'd be "GRIT".
>> "Oh, of course. Thank you so much. Do you happen to have an eraser?"
>>[/color]
>
> That joke would never work in Illinois. We haven't had a governor full of
> grit in decades. The other stuff, yeah. A lot.
>[/color]

That just means you wouldn't need the eraser ...

You may need a different clue for the accross-word though.