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There was a TV show, which starred Art Linkletter called "People are Funny." It is still around in syndication (but you have to search for it on the more obscure cable channels at 3 a.m. – or on YouTube). Art ran this show, which was about how normal people do funny things. He had a segment called: "Kids Say the Darndest Things." Among the classic examples are:

"My dad ran away when my youngest sister was born – she was a really ugly baby." (Nothing really very funny about that.)

"My mom has been trying to lose 10 pounds for the last 10 years." (I know how proud the mom is to have thi...