Or maybe Jacob is utterly levelheaded, and just bored enough to play an elaborate joke on me.

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Paul Ryan may play off the war on women as a joke.

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The joke our genes and our years play on us is to leave us, as parents, forever with this weird column of figures scribbled on our souls, ones that make no sense, no matter how long you squint at them or how hard you try to make them work.

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It had a battery, but imagine setting up this ridiculous hunk of plastic to play on the train, said Konno, who can joke about the defeat now.

CNN: Mark Milian