Subj : Ru To : Alexander Koryagin From : Gleb Hlebov Date : Thu Jun 20 2024 12:59:22 Hi Alexander, Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 13:59, you wrote to Anton Shepelev: AK>>> "He told me an anecdote, and I didn't laugh." AS>> An anecdote is a personal and unverified story. The word you AS>> want is `joke'. AK> Jokes IMHO are very short. Long jokes are bad joke; AK> -----Beginning of the citation----- AK> Why do French people eat snails? AK> They don't like fast food. AK> ----- The end of the citation ----- AK> Anecdotes are rather short humorous stories Can you tell if it's a joke or anecdote? ;-) (Excuse my possibly lame "adaptation") << E. Kopelyan's voiceover: "Stierlitz gave it a thought. It was good. So he gave it a second thought". >> .... Error #1424: Reserved for future errors --- A Damned Hobbyist+ 1.1.5 * Origin: Microstuff, Inc. (2:5023/24.4222) .