And I think several -- I'm not sure whether it was Sarkozy or Merkel or Barroso or somebody, they joked with me that I'd gotten a crash course in European politics over the last several days.

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"We're actually going to add two or three more, I think, " Idzik joked.

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"I'm quite big in Egypt, massive, on the billboards and everything - or I will be after this, " he joked.

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Worsley, who came on as a second-half replacement at Twickenham, joked that Lewsey "may have had altitude sickness or something" - a reference to his training for Everest.

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Others joked that the bird had been felled by avian flu or by sheer exhaustion from the crowds.

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"I wanted to buy BMW or Mercedes, but they wouldn't sell, " Li joked to colleagues, according to his chief spokesman, Victor Young.

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"After you go to France six or seven times, you realize you're not French, " joked Mr. Burgess.

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He also joked about members of the Southeastern Conference not knowing how to read or write.

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For years, Peterson had casually dismissed and even joked about suggestions he killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio, or that he was behind the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

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"Before we get started, I have to talk about the rumors that came out today which say that I'll be moving up to 11:30 -- or as my parents call it, 'eh, it's still too late, '" he joked.

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