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LAUGH A LITTLE

BEFORE & AFTER

Unfortunately, getting a new passport every 10 years requires a new photo.

As a woman in her mid-40s hands her old passport and a new recent picture to the clerk, she sighs. “I like the original photo better,” she complains.

“Trust me,” says the clerk, “Ten years from now, you’ll like this one.”

SEEING IS BELIEVING

All Sipho’s friends wear spectacles and he feels like the odd one out. He tries to convince his mom that he

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