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... joking . " " Not at all , " said the general . " I never joke about hunting . I needed a new animal . I found one . So I bought this island , built this house , and here I do my hunting . The island is perfect for my purposes - there ...
... joking . " " Not at all , " said the general . " I never joke about hunting . I needed a new animal . I found one . So I bought this island , built this house , and here I do my hunting . The island is perfect for my purposes - there ...
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... joke depends only upon a reversal of expectation . We expect the man to explain why he doesn't kiss his wife ; instead he explains why he doesn't kiss his neighbor's wife . The second joke , though it contains a reversal of expectation ...
... joke depends only upon a reversal of expectation . We expect the man to explain why he doesn't kiss his wife ; instead he explains why he doesn't kiss his neighbor's wife . The second joke , though it contains a reversal of expectation ...
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... joke he played on me once . You know , in most towns of any size , when a man is dead and needs a shave , why the barber that shaves him soaks him five dollars for the job ; that is , he don't soak him , but whoever ordered the shave ...
... joke he played on me once . You know , in most towns of any size , when a man is dead and needs a shave , why the barber that shaves him soaks him five dollars for the job ; that is , he don't soak him , but whoever ordered the shave ...
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Escape and Interpretation | 3 |
Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book 547 | 4 |
Tone 652 | 13 |
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