have you heard the one about

"Yeah, have you heard the one about the three space men and the nun?"

"Have you heard the one about the dwarf and his brother?"

And have you heard the one about the Gordian knot?

Have you heard the one about how stores are still selling the original stock of Twinkies, made in 1930?

Have you heard the one about the traveling comedian and the White House press secretary?

Have you heard the one about the Easter Bunny, too?"

Have you heard the one about the-" Burgess stopped and looked up at the person standing over them.

Have you heard the one about the prison minister who was reading the inmate's letters to God and incorporating the material into his sermons?

Have you heard the one about the two Scottish footballers who were condemned to death in Panama?

Every psychoanalytic text, as Auden said, should begin with: 'Have you heard the one about?

HAVE you heard the one about judges in New York City?

Have you heard the one about the Japanese farmer who visited an American farmer on his Texas spread?

In the first of a new series on up-and-coming comedians, have you heard the one about the mystery standup who's sold out the O2?

"Parade" prompted raised eyebrows and arch jokes (have you heard the one about the dancing lynch mob?)

Have you heard the one about the retiree who went out to buy the Porsche he'd always promised himself, but drove home in a Kia instead?

HAVE you heard the one about the Englishman, the Irishman and the Yank?

Have You Heard The One About The Gas Station Attendant?

'Have you heard the one about the three-legged sailor?' piped Bunty Abercrombie.

"I am sorry, Majesty," said the woman who had just sought to amuse Mentheb with a story; "but have you heard the one about the farmer's wife?"

Have you heard the one about the nun who drank too much Christian Brothers, rear-ended a mail truck near Wall Street, and woke up in a strange bed?

In English, the most obvious examples of this are the cliched openings of jokes like 'Have you heard the one about the.?' or personal anecdotes: 'Listen!

HAVE you heard the one about the Irish band who were the talk of New York BEFORE they were even formed?

Good, angel-face....Well, bye-bye--oh, say, Gus, have you heard the one about the British lady and the plumber?"

To the Editor: Paul Hofmann's article about conversation between travelers ("Have You Heard the One About . . .?"