Mary: Why do elephants paint their toes red?

John: I don't know. Why do they paint their toes red?

Mary: So they can hide in cherry trees.

John: Cherry trees?? I've never seen an elephant in a cherry tree!

Mary: See--it works.

(Depending on your point of view, this is "no joke" or a "null joke").


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