If it were a military threat from such a tiny country, the overwhelming military strength of the rest of the world would make it a joke.

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He raises his eyebrow at me and tries to make a final joke.

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I'm going to make a joke.

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Stephen King, with his book and then screenplay, helped make pet cemeteries a pop culture horror joke.

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Gamely Mitchell put on the coat, three sizes too small, and tried to make a joke of it.

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If you have a laidback, informal brand voice, like Warby Parker, you might be able to effectively make a joke about it.

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"If you brought up SkyMall in conversation, it was the one product that someone would make a joke about, " he said.

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Of course, as is procedure, when you make a joke nowadays, you must immediately make a public apology.

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The biggest of the bunch, and I genuinely don't mean to make a joke by saying that, is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.

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