Why is it that we will laugh at a man in a clown outfit, but we won't laugh at a man just walking down the street carrying a clown outfit in one of those plastic dry-cleaner bags? by Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]

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-- Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]

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