1.   Barnicle says he used jokes friends told him or he found on the Internet,

2.   -- You used that joke already.

3.   About a week later one of the ministers who had attended the seminar decided to use that joke in his sermon.

4.   But the vice president now uses those jokes to poke fun at himself and soften his image.

5.   Davis said Armey anticipated that someone in the group would use the joke and decided to utter it first.

6.   Granted, even a few of the best shows use gay jokes.

7.   Last month, Levitt used lawyer jokes, personal anecdotes and scolding to try to goad the ABA into action.

8.   Riordan also used a joke he tested last month on President Clinton.