31.   That included a surprise that became a running joke.

32.   The Adams-Pinkney, on-again, off-again, on-again tale has become a running joke in the Southwest Conference.

33.   The losingest pro sports franchise of the decade has become a running joke.

34.   The program included a running joke with a phone ringing repeatedly.

35.   The running joke is that for the first time in Super Bowl history the point spread and the over-under are the same.

36.   The running joke at the Church of Atlanta Lighthouse is that somewhere along the way Spires actually became black.

37.   The remark became a running TV joke.

38.   The running joke at Maryland this year is, Where have all the agents gone?

39.   The running joke goes like this.

40.   The Suns following is a running joke in this city, a muted gaggle of gray-haired geese.