diff --git a/etc/DEVEL.HUMOR b/etc/DEVEL.HUMOR
index 58b6cb323aa..6db69bb4b58 100644
--- a/etc/DEVEL.HUMOR
+++ b/etc/DEVEL.HUMOR
@@ -126,20 +126,6 @@ course we all know that Emacs was there before Word, but this might
 have escaped John's notice."
                                              -- David Kastrup and RMS
 
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-
-Re: patch for woman (woman-topic-at-point)
-
-  "Sorry for the long message.  I wanted to make the problem clear
-also for people not familiar with 'woman'."
-  "Most hackers, I take?
-   For a moment there I thought you had a patch that you could put on
-a woman, and it would make her come right to the topic at point
-without attempting any course of action that requires an advance
-course in divination.
-   There'd be quite a sensational market for that, you know."
-                                    -- Emilio Lopes and David Kastrup
-
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   "[T]here may be a good reason since the code explicitly checks for