He proved it.” Sitting in a slaughterhouse as the sky rained fire, his life proved by a joke, Mr Vonnegut found the path that would define him for the rest of his life.

外围一片枪林弹雨、躯体置身屠宰场内，生命因为一个玩笑而变得真实；冯内古特发现他之后的人生就此注定。

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The painting had just been stolen in real life and the joke for viewers was that Dr No had been behind the heist all along.

然而在现实生活中，确实有名画被盗。引人发笑的是，影片中诺博士一直是盗窃的幕后黑手。

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Locals used to joke that the only life that could survive in the skies was jumbo jets.

本地区的居民经常笑侃，天空中唯一能存活下来的生命就是巨大的喷气式飞机。

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Little surprise Stilwell boss Landon Rowland has been known to joke that life would be easier if his chief investment were in DST and not Janus.

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'" Even now, as in his movies, Mr. Allen nurses the notion that the certainty of death makes life a cruel joke: "We all know the same truth and our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.

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Helpless (Diamonhead) is another 180mph blockbuster, while the attempt to bring Killing Joke's The Wait back to life fails due to an unnecessary smothering of the original mystery.

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