As with so much that Mr Banks says, it is not clear whether this was meant as a joke.

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Sure you have Messenger and e-mails popping up from friends, but it is not quite like hanging out, sharing a joke with a mate about something you have seen ... or is it?

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This would seem to be a joke, but it is not.

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"This is all in good fun, but it's not a joke, " says Mr. Olsen, a lawyer in Tahoe City, Calif.

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It will do something about carbon in our atmosphere -- and that is not a joke.

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