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A man cowers from his shadow, which is a monster

Fears of Dentists and Darkness

Most of all, I’m afraid of dentists and darkness. – And what about darkness  – Oh, who knows how many dentists are lurking in that darkness! – Більш за все боюся стоматологів та темряви. – А темряви та чого? – А хрін його знає, скільки в цій темряві стоматологів! Etho Cbit. “Funny Jokes in Ukrainian” Etho Cbit, https://etnosvit.com/uk/anekdoty_uk.html.

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Uneasy

法官:你在偷人家珠宝时,不 感到心里不安吗?fǎguān : nǐ zài tōu rénjiā zhūbǎo shí , bù   gǎndào xīn lǐ bùān má ? 小偷:先生, 老实说我当时心 里是很不安,因为我担心 偷到的是假货。xiǎo tōu : xiānshēng , lǎoshí shuō wǒ dāngshí xīn   lǐ shì hěn bù ān , yīnwéi wǒ dānxīn   tōudào de shì jiǎhuò  Judge:Didn’t you feel uneasy when you were stealing those

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The Wall

What worker is an atomic physicist’s favorite wall builder? Stone meson.* Weschler, Jeffrey. “Daily Crossword.” L.A. Times, 21 Jan. 2022. * A meson is a subatomic particle which is intermediate in mass between an electron and a proton and transmits the strong interaction that binds nucleons together in the atomic nucleus.

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