In article <[log in to unmask]>, Jerry Fochtman
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<What might well be an incredibly funny joke ending in>

>what the hell is a "pinata?"

if only I wasn't as ignorant on the topic as the elasticated one :-(

Here's one for you in return:

They put up warning lights and a new sign about them, at the ungated
level crossing in the depths of the Dales. The Yorkshire farmer drives
up, sees the sign, switches off his engine and waits patiently. Two
hours later, the lights start to flash. Immediately, the farmer switches
on his engine, and starts across. The train pushes him 400 yards down
the track before it stops. The vehicle is a write-off, but the farmer,
fortunately, suffers no more than a few bumps and scratches. As the fire
brigade cut him from the wreckage, they ask him what happened, and
whatever possessed him to act as he did. "Well", he complains, "I saw
the new sign, and it said 'Wait while lights flash'. And that's exactly
what I did".