On Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:53 AM, Aldo P. Solari wrorte:

> "sense   of   humor"   is   a   highly   relative  concept.  Most
> anthropologists   and   social  scientists  would  agree  on  the
> relativistic  nature  of  such social aspects.

I'm no anthropologist or social scientist but I have to agree!  :-)

When Tricky saw what he believed to be three flat worms resting on the sand
during a night dive, he decided to lift them up and then release them so
that they would drift down in the beam of his torch - a little treat for his
diving buddies.  He was unaware that they were actually lures from a numb
ray that had buried itself in the sand.  As he touched them, the numb ray -
the size, as he said, of a large photo-copying machine - reared up from the
sand and gave him an electric shock that knocked him backwards and sent the
regulator flying out of his mouth.

I was creased up with laughter at his predicament!  :-)

Some months later - diving with Sylvia - I discovered what I thought were
three flat worms resting on the sand.  As I reached down to lift them gently
up and show to Sylvia, the sea bed erupted and a large numb ray the size of
a ......!  :-)

Sylvia was creased up with laughter at my predicament.  I wasn't at all
amused by my shocking experience and thought that she showed a distinct lack
of sympathy!  :-)

Strike