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by Fnoord 981 days ago
Good one. I will ask my mother when she's in doubt to tell an old joke of my dad (she to me or me to her), including word plays. We know all of these inside out, including the very way he'd tell these. Only insiders know these jokes, though my wife's father is from the same year and some jokes my dad had her dad had as well. It took some magic away, for sure, but he was still my dad who was chronically ill and kept using humor to deal with life. A gifted talent I don't seem to possess.