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Obviously, putting a pot on your head and claiming allegiance to a hovering pasta dish best described as a punch-line to a joke doesn't warrant religious freedom protection.
Frank Fredericks: Protecting Pastafarians: When Does Religious Freedom Become Ridiculous? Frank Fredericks 2011
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It's like a big set up and then this sort of punch-line.
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The bigger punch-line, however, is that the founders of the social media site that requires its users to write in abbreviated, acronymized snippets have launched their own wine label to raise money for — of all things — literacy.
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The bigger punch-line, however, is that the founders of the social media site that requires its users to write in abbreviated, acronymized snippets have launched their own wine label to raise money for — of all things — literacy.
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The bigger punch-line, however, is that the founders of the social media site that requires its users to write in abbreviated, acronymized snippets have launched their own wine label to raise money for — of all things — literacy.
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The listener shouldn't see the sucker punch-line coming.
Heeere's... Johnny's Writer! Raymond Siller 2011
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Behind the humor, however, is a trenchant punch-line.
Karin Badt: Cannes 2011: Nanni Moretti's Comic Success Habemus Papam Karin Badt 2011
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Now, to me this sounds like the setup and punch-line to an old where a kid asks where am I from?
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Behind the humor, however, is a trenchant punch-line.
Karin Badt: Cannes 2011: Nanni Moretti's Comic Success Habemus Papam Karin Badt 2011
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The bigger punch-line, however, is that the founders of the social media site that requires its users to write in abbreviated, acronymized snippets have launched their own wine label to raise money for — of all things — literacy.
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