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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Switchback!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another version:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Q: What's the difference between a
thru-hiker and a homeless person?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A: A shopping cart.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>True Story from this year's
thru-hike</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>July 2, 2007</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Red's Meadow we took the bus
into Mammoth. No shower or laundry, looking pretty
scuzzy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I sat on a ledge by the door outside the Vons
grocery store with another hiker. She looked pretty bad too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We had a shopping cart full of resupply in front of
us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A <SPAN
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lady runs up and slips two dollars in my hand and says: "I know what it's
like."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Warner Springs Monty</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com
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title=lizmares@cox.net href="mailto:lizmares@cox.net">lizmares@cox.net</A> ;
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 08, 2007 11:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] Thru Hikers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Q: What's the difference between a thru-hiker and a
weekend hiker?<BR>A: The thru-hiker picks up the M&M's he/she
dropped on the ground and eats them.<BR><BR>Q: How do you get
four thru-hikers in a single bed?<BR>A: Tell them they can sleep
there.<BR><BR>Q: How do you get them to leave the bed?<BR>A: Tell
them they have to pay.<BR><BR>Q: What's the difference between a
homeless vagrant and a thru-hiker?<BR>A: Gortex.<BR><BR>Q: How
many thru-hikers can fit in a picnic shelter on a rainy windy
night?<BR>A: There aren't that many thru-hikers.<BR><BR>:-) You
Know Who
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