I know this is a joke, and he knows I know, so even as he gets up to leave, I keep waiting for the wink.

我知道这是个笑话，他也知道我知道，所以即便他起身准备离开，我还在等他给我使眼色。

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Now he is also the butt of a local joke, which encourages you to "look at the Duke from the luyk (manhole cover)", located to the left of the statue.

现在他还是本地的笑柄，这个笑话是鼓励人们去雕像左侧的下水道的盖子上看公爵。

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However, while he is on the way striving for his future, the Heaven makes a big joke on him.

而正在他为他的未来努力拼搏时，上天和他开了一个大玩笑。

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In a popular joke, a drunk shouts that he is a baggage-handler at Havana's Hotel Nacional.

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This is apparently a joke he makes several times a day.

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Mr Friedman's opponents dismiss his campaign as a joke and whisper that he is running only to provide material for another bestselling book.

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