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Here's a joke sent to me by my daughter, who is currently in college. Kind of makes you wonder what our kids are actually leaning, doesn't it?

A cop stops a Harley for
traveling faster than the posted speed limit, so he
asks the biker his name.

   'Fred,' he replies.

   'Fred what?' the officer asks.

   'Just Fred,' the man responds.

   The officer is in a good mood and thinks he might just give the biker a break
and, write him out a warning instead of a ticket. The officer then presses him
for the last name.

   The man tells him that he used to have a last name but lost it. The officer
thinks that he has a nut case on his hands but plays along with it. 'Tell me,
Fred, how did you lose your last name?'

   The biker replies, 'It's a long story, so stay with me.'
I was born Fred
Dingaling. I know -- a funny last name. The kids used to tease me all the
time, so I stayed to myself, studied hard and got good grades. When I got
older, I realized that I wanted to be a doctor. I went through college,
medical school, internship, residency, and finally got my degree, so I was Fred
Dingaling, MD. After a while I got bored being a doctor, so I decided to go
back to school.. Dentistry was my dream! Got all the way through school, got
my degree, so then I was Fred Dingaling, MD, DDS. Got bored doing dentistry, so

I started fooling around with my assistant and she gave me VD, so now I was Fred
Dingaling, MD, DDS, with VD. Well, the
ADA found out about the VD, so they

took away my DDS. Then I was Fred Dingaling, MD, with VD. Then the AMA found
out about the
ADA taking away my DDS because of the VD, so they took away my MD
leaving me as
Fred Dingaling with VD.

   Then the VD took away my Dingaling, so now I am Just Fred.'

   The officer walked away laughing in tears.

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Tiger Bill Meligari
Tension Free Drumming