That was taken from a routine done over the years by Art Fern, host of the
"Tea Time Movie", on the Johnny Carson show. It was written by some unknown
demented comedy writer and is probably a takeoff of some old Vaudeville
routine.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/eccentric/artfern.htm


Here is an artist's conception of the notorious "fork in the road".

http://www.will-harris.com/food/asse...outons-com.jpg

If you have a preference for other cutlery, try this one.

http://www.stare.com/1998/period10j.gif


"Iris Cohen" wrote in message
...
"How do you get to Sunset Zone 40? Take the Ventura Freeway to another
freeway until you get to the Slauson cutoff. Stop the car. Get out of your
car.
Cut off your Slauson. Realize what a painful thing you did. Get back in
your car and travel until you come to ...the fork in the road."

Huh? Who made that up? I am not familiar enough with California geography
to
get the joke. Sunset Zone 40 is a band of territory that runs
east-northeast
from around western Ohio to New England, following the south shore of Lake
Erie
and Lake Ontario. It begins several miles from the lakeshore. Sunset Zone
39 is
right on the lakes, primarily in USDA Zone 6. Sunset Zone 40 is primarily
in
Zone 5. The original flora of the area was mixed forest, oaks, maples,
pines
and assorted other trees & bushes. It is mostly too cold for rhododendrons
and
fancy flowering trees. It gets a lot of rain and snow, but no earthquakes
or
hurricanes. The summers can be buggy, but not too hot & humid. Gardening
is a
challenge, but reasonably successful. The scenery is nice, but not
spectacular.
It is well-known for drumlins & other glacier remnants. Plant aficionados
who
do not ski have to grow indoors under lights in the winter in order to
survive.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra