the one about

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: the joke about
Have you heard the one about the priest and the rabbi?

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Then the writers came in with the particle accelerator, and then Dwayne had the one about the slaughtering of pigs. Jen Chaney, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024 In my two years behind bars, my only truly original story is the one about the psycho. Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 October 11, 2024 Ever hear the one about the woman who got a divorce and stayed friends with her ex-husband? Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024 Coming of age as an economics reporter in the 2010s, there was no clearer generational divide than the one about government debt. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the one about 

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