Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things.

路上发生了一件有趣的事情：我开始了解一些事情。

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A funny thing happened to me today.

今天我碰上了一件奇怪的事。

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Belief is a funny thing.

信念这东西很有趣。

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This now has, gee, a funny thing, x it says IF x is less than y AND x is less than z, then do something.

代码现在有，啊，一个有趣的东西，代码先是判断x是不是小于y并且,是不是小于z，然后做一些事情。

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But a funny thing happened along the way: A new "partner" entered the picture.

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There is a funny thing about the rebate, though (called a prebate in the FAIR tax).

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But a funny thing happened on the way to the 19th hole: the idea actually worked.

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