The rabbit had a nervous breakdown because the other animals said she looked like a rat when she jumped in the water for swimming class and all her hair got matted down.

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Beside her, a woman from Mexico City said her heart jumped when she heard the announcement that a pope had been picked.

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When she began crying, he jumped up and hustled her out the front door.

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Back in my management days, I had an employee who jumped the gun a little when she approached me to ask for a salary increase.

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She even jumped out of the shower when her son's surgeon came into the room, talking to him with dripping hair.

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"This is one of our sacred gifts from the creator, " she explained, as the children screamed and clapped when the fish jumped.

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There was supposedly a poll taken in Switzerland some years back that showed that when a man was seen drinking Champagne with a woman, two out of three Swiss jumped to the conclusion that she was not his wife.

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