Asdcatta.426 net.jokes utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!sdcarl!sdcattb!sdcatta!wa277 Sun Apr 18 10:07:12 1982 Survival Test I learned this one from a Texan who told it on Texas A&M. I'm telling it on Cal Poly Pomona, Southern California's local aggie school. You can, of course, modify it ad lib. Three students had just completed a wilderness survival course. There was one student from UCLA, one from USC, and one from Cal Poly Pomona. For their final exam, they were supposed to drive out into the middle of the Mojave Desert and spend the whole day on a thirty-mile hike; what's more, they were each allowed to take only one item. They drove to their appointed starting place early and parked the car. The UCLA student pulled out a bottle of wine and put it in his pack, then started off. The USC student pulled out a big hunk of cheese, put it in his pack, and started off. The Cal Poly student took out a screwdriver, unscrewed the front door of the car, hefted it, and started off. After an hour or so of hiking they were pretty tired, so they stopped for a rest. The UCLA student took a big swig of wine. "I'm sure glad I brought this wine," he said, "because when I get thirsty I can drink it!" And they started off again. After another hour they stopped again. The USC student took a big bite out of his cheese. "Boy, I'm glad I brought this cheese," he said, "because when I get hungry I can eat it!" They started off again. After yet another hour they stopped for a third time. The UCLA student and the USC student looked at the guy from Cal Poly. Finally one of them asked, "Why *did* you bring that car door, anyway?" "Well, I don't know," said the Cal Poly student. "But I'll tell you what: if it gets any hotter I'm sure as hell gonna roll down the window!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.