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The gift of laughter; Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral. - Charles Lamb.(Breakfast Table)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20070915
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Byline: ADRIAN E. CRISTOBAL

If it's true, as some people say, that ours is an unhappy country, it's because we are beginning to lose our sense of humor.

Finance Secretary Margarito Teves noted it when he read media reports about his resignation. According to him, he was only joking when at the end of a solemn speech on the economy, he announced that his job was done. But one mustn't think that the economic gains and prospects he cited were also one big joke.

All the same, there's so much solemnity going on that many people fail to see the humor of it all. For example, ...

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