That old moan by W.C. Fields, the American funny man, echoes the more recent feelings of many a resident in Basra.

这是美国喜剧演员W.C. 费尔兹过去抱怨的话，现在却是大多数巴士拉居民最近的心声。

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I don't know how many people realize they are actually wearing nothing but the pants of the man is very obvious because he has a "tail" below his belly, it looks funny!

我不知道多少人能意识到他们实际上什么都没穿，但是那位哥们儿的裤子实在很明显，因为他肚子下面有个“尾巴”。看起来实在太搞笑了！

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The man looked up once from the pictures of his dream girl then returned to his magazine, not the least curious about this tall, plain woman and what she found so funny.

这个男人从梦中情人的照片上抬头看了一眼，又专注于他的杂志，根本一点儿也不好奇这个高挑的寻常女人发现了什么好笑的事。

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He was called Zeppo. He did not play a funny man like the other three.

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The funny man is used to generating laughter, and he sure is no stranger to showing off his man muscles.

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Fields, the American funny man, echoes the more recent feelings of many a resident in Basra.

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And the funny thing about this man was that he was you hear from his English that it was a heavily accented, almost broken English.

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