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   Sandra (sandra@idiomdrottning.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Nov-2025 06:50:35 JST Sandra

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   • Sandra

   A friend told me this joke yesterday:

   A journalist interviews a farmer: “if you have two bungalows, are you willing to give one to the country?”
   The farmer, without hesitation, “sure! For communism!”

   Journalist: “if you have two tractors, will you give one to the country?”
   Farmer: “of course! For the better development of our country!”

   Journalist: “if you have two million bucks, will you give one million to the country?”
   Farmer: yes! For the livelihood of our comrades!”

   Journalist: “if you have two cows, will you give one to the country?”

   The farmer keeps silent and looking at the journalist, so the journalist has to ask again: “will you?”

   The farmer answers firmly: “No”.

   The journalist is confused: “you are so generous about money and houses and tractors, but why do you draw the line at cows?”

   “Because”, says the farmer: “I do have two cows”.

   https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/1inaktr/a_communist_joke_from_my_former_communist_country/

   This is why it’s so much harder for folks to see the problems with cars. They have cars. Suddenly I’m judging them not just the nuclear bosses whom they’ll never meet let alone be. They’re not temporarily inconvenienced Montgomery Burns.

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     Sandra (sandra@idiomdrottning.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Nov-2025 06:50:36 JST Sandra

     Den solklart vanligaste och farligaste cancerogenen i vår omgivning är bilavgaser (både från röret och från vad som rivs upp av däcken). Det är ungefär sjutusen svenskar som dör i förtid varje år på grund av luftföroreningar—hundratusentals per generation—och ungefär en fjärdedel eller femtedel av det är då mer direkt kopplade till trafiken.

     https://idiomdrottning.org/automobyl

     Mr. Bill repeated this.