Article: JOKE'S ON HIM.(Living)

Byline: Georgea Kovanis Knight-Ridder

Suddenly, they're everywhere.

Newsweek reports that congresswomen are passing around "dumb men" jokes, the hot take-off on last year's "dumb blond" jokes. The Sally Forth comic strip is playfully analyzing the popularity of the put-downs. They are popping up on the University of Michigan's computer network.

And in Lansing, Mich., someone - a man, of all people! - recently handed a list of dumb-men jokes to a female National Organization for Women lobbyist.

All this. And the jokes aren't especially clever, sharp-witted or memorable. They're direct descendants of jokes such as, "How many (fill in ...

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