This was voted the most popular joke in Britain in 2001. Wirt has cleaned it
up I think. The original last line was reported as:

"HOLMES. Watson you dolt, someone has stolen our tent".

Its fame supposedly came from the repeated telling by a MP at every stop on
the campaign trail. It is good to see that some pols have a sense of humor.
I prefer 'pick pockets' who steal me blind with a smile :-)

--


Roger
20+ years with ol' faithful


"Wirt Atmar" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Sherlock Holmes and Watson took a bit of time off and went to the country
to
> spend a day camping. They set their tent up at sunset and retired soon
after.
>
> Around 3 in the morning, Sherlock woke Watson up. Watson, groggy and not
> fully awake, said, "Huh? Huh?." Holmes gave Watson a minute or so to walk
up
> more fully and then raised his hand and pointed to the night sky.
>
> HOLMES: What do you deduce from the stars, Watson?
> WATSON (now fully awake): Well, I must say that given the million of stars
> that we can see, I can only suppose that there are millions of planets as
> well. If that's so, then I can only presume that at least some of those
> planets will be as receptive to the origin of life as ours was, thus I
must
> conclude that life is everywhere.
> HOLMES. No, no, no, Watson! The proper deduction is that someone has
stolen
> our tent!
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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