“Three blind mice walk into a pub. But they are unaware of their surroundings, so to derive humour from it would be exploitative.”

— Bill Bailey

Part Troll (2004)

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English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter a… 1965

Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961) Irish poet

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“Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker

“Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!
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Bill Bailey (1965) English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author

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“But death blinds you, unaware of man’s fall –
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A promise made between autumn and spring.”

Ghani Khan (1914–1996) Pakistani poet

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“If you were alone
and suddenly became blind,
and even so
you keep walking forward.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

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“Humour is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery is suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination is certainly false wit.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Sensus Communis: An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour (1709), Part 1, Sec. 5, incorrectly attributing it to Gorgias via Aristotle.
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