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Joke # 5
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Why God Never Received  Tenure at the University

     He had only one major publication.

     It was {in obscure languages}.

     It had no references.

     It wasn't published {in a refereed journal}.

     Some even doubt [he wrote it himself. (Appositive to 

"he")] / 

     It may be true [that Note #1 he created the universe,] /

but what has he done{since then}? /

     His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.

     The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his 

results.

     He never applied {to the Ethics Board} {for permission} to use

 human subjects .

     [When one experiment went awry] he tried to cover it up {by 

drowning  the subjects}.

     [When subjects didn't behave [as predicted,]] he deleted them 

{from the sample}.

     He rarely came {to class}, just told students to read the Book.

     Some say [he had his son teach the class.]  /

     He expelled his first two students {for learning  too much}.

     [Although there were only ten requirements,] most students

failed his tests.

     His office hours were infrequent and usually held {on a remote 

mountaintop}.
 

Donna Kleiner, Internet e-mail 3/21/97.

Note

1. The clause functions as a delayed subject: "[That he created the universe] may be true."
 
 

Progress
Total Words = 157 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  32  20
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 34 42
+ L2: S / V / C 68 85
+ L3: Clauses 6 89
+ L4: Verbals 15 99
+ Eight Other 2 100

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