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DOUBLE BLESSINGS

A census taker in a rural area goes up to a farmhouse and knocks on the door. When a woman answers, he asks her the names and ages of her children.

She says, “Let’s see now, there are the twins, Jabu and Jabulani, they’re 17. And the twins, Sonto and Amahle, they’re 16. And the twins, Lebo and Lebogang, they’re 15.”

“Wait a minute!” says the census taker. “Did you have twins every time, ma’m?”

“Hhayi, no,” answers the woman, laughing. “There were hundreds of times we didn’t get anything”

COMPROMISE

Two ladies on a train have a dispute about the window and call the conductor to act as referee.

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