Including a Text File

I've talked about this before, but when i tried the advice i was given it doesn't work. I was told that this would work

Server.Execute("/myfolder/"&myvariable)

I need to print the contents of a text file (ext. .txt written in notepad) onto my page. The only catch is that the filename is contained in a variable. The statement before doesn't work. Can anyone help?

Sorry about that, i was in a bit of a rush. Here's the error it gives me.

Server object error 'ASP 0228 : 80004005'

Server.Execute Error

/_stuff/_jokes/joke_display.asp, line 32

The call to Server.Execute failed while loading the page.

no clue what that means. The line prints exactly how i want it.
Server.Execute("/_jokestorage/fiftyfifty.txt")

i would like to try to get this way to work instead of using file system object to print the contents of the file. If there is no other way then i'll use file system object