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Peter Blomert
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Peter Blomert said:

May be off topic, but I simply love the humour.

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Peter Blomert
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Peter Blomert said:

An example: Blind Astrology

!Blind Astrology

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Peter Blomert
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Peter Blomert said:

Another one: 10 Years of Eternity

!10 Years of Eternity

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hcraig
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hcraig said:

Peter these are a great chuckle – thanks for sharing!

My favourite is the astrological magazine that couldn’t predict its own demise :)

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Tatjana
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Tatjana said:

Danke Peter! Ich finde 10 Jahre Ewigkeit sehr verheißungsvoll … Vielleicht die Zeit, die es braucht eine Schule umzukrämpeln??

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RLLillis
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RLLillis said:

Not exactly on topic, but it is funny and has to do with creative writing.

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csrd
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csrd said:

A thing which dies before it is born, verbal or situational ?

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srishti_06
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srishti_06 said:

i love the painting painted by the the one with the hollow sockets!!

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geekgirl
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geekgirl said:

These oxymorons are great. One that comes to mind: what if there are no hypothetical situations?

And another one:(credit to george bernard Shaw) “I swear!I never swear.I detest the habit.What the devil do you mean? (this,as some may have guessed,is from Higgins’ in G.B.Shaw’s Pygmalion)

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chandra_avinash
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These oxymorons are great. One that comes to mind: what if there are no hypothetical situations?

And another one:(credit to george bernard Shaw) “I swear!I never swear.I detest the habit.What the devil do you mean? (this,as some may have guessed,is from Higgins’ in G.B.Shaw’s Pygmalion)

hey…..thats a good one!

btw, one which i really like is – “87.6 percent of statistics are made on the spot”

another one is – “all generalizations are horribly wrong” :)

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