1st person: Why did the author cross the road?
2nd person: I don’t know, why?
1st person: To catch the agent on the other side.
2nd person: Why did the agent cross the road?
1st: To catch the editor on the other side.
2nd: And why did the editor cross the road?
1st: To catch the publisher on the other side.
2nd: Okay, then why did the publisher cross the road?
1st: He was following the chicken.
And why did the writer cross the road?
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