Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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Humor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first -- before it boomerangs.
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Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.
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