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<pre>....and says to the bartender " barkeep, give me a martinus!"


the bartender looks down his nose at the olive and says in a snooty
voice " of course you meant to say that you want a "martini", don't
you sir..."

to which the olive replies, "listen mate, if i wanted two, i'd have
asked for them!"


boom boom!
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<pre>Nick,
At least you could ack the source of such a bad adaptation of a very
VERY funny sketch.

The original is a sketch by Wayne & Schuster about Julius Caesar
(available some years ago on CD) called "Rinse the Blood off my Toga".
It was a GREAT spoof, of course, but the lines below are directly taken
therefrom.

John Attwood
Tamworth
(Northern) NSW Au

sodium_9 wrote:

> ....and says to the bartender " barkeep, give me a martinus!"
>
>
> the bartender looks down his nose at the olive and says in a snooty
> voice " of course you meant to say that you want a "martini", don't
> you sir..."
>
> to which the olive replies, "listen mate, if i wanted two, i'd have
> asked for them!"
>
>
> boom boom!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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<pre>--- In OliveOil@y..., John Attwood <johnat@t...> wrote:
> Nick,
> At least you could ack the source of such a bad adaptation of a
very
> VERY funny sketch.

so, have you heard the one about the grasshopper going in to the bar?




>
> The original is a sketch by Wayne & Schuster about Julius Caesar
> (available some years ago on CD) called "Rinse the Blood off my
Toga".
> It was a GREAT spoof, of course, but the lines below are directly
taken
> therefrom.

thanks for the original source, john, i will enjoy chasing that up
and laughing as i listen!

to be honest, yes of course it was an adaption of an old gag, but i
had guido's request for some comedy in mind when i thought, "gee, i
dont think i've ever heard any olive jokes..." so that adaption came
to me in a moment of semi/demi/epiphany.

like the fat lady said " i got a million of 'em..they're not all
good, but i got a million of 'em! "

best,
na.


ps. have you heard the one about the grasshopper who goes into a
bar......?
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<pre>An old gag or not, why underestimate Mr. Olive? Coming from where he comes
from he knows his Latin, too.

Cheers!

Zdenko S.
NY, NY
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