21.   It becomes a running joke that someone will ridicule him for stealing shrimp when he really stole prawns.

22.   It became a running joke among critics that at least one network would have a Danza sitcom every September.

23.   It features a massive body count and large amounts of dark humor including a running joke about whether movie sequels can be as successful as originals.

24.   It got to be a running joke, a fast-break faux pas.

25.   It became a running joke.

26.   Norman Fell played the landlord, and Ms. Lindley was his wife, whose repeated attempts to seduce her husband were a running joke.

27.   Officer Steve Rodriguez with the Albuquerque, N.M., police department, said the problem has become a running joke.

28.   President Clinton and his aides have a running joke in these waning days of his administration.

29.   Running back who flirted with the Heisman Trophy and carried the longest running joke in college football all the way to the Rose Bowl.

30.   So is the transvestite RuPaul, since the running joke is that the Bradys live in their own suburban bubble, oblivious to the passage of time.