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            The panhandler approached Uncle Stanley.  “Kin ya spare five bucks for a cuppa joe?” he said.

            “Five dollars!”  Stanley was taken aback.  “Isn’t that a lot of money for coffee, my good man?”

            “Well, I’ll tell ya,” said the bum.  “It’s me wife’s boithday and I wanna knock off early.”

3,500 Good Jokes for Speakers, Gerald F. Lieberman, page 2