“Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.”
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
“In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in 1950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again.”
Source: Monty Python's Flying Circus
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