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Lies about watches.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of the nature of objects. · view the constellation · filed as X1755

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Filed under Absurd disregard of the nature of objects.

1 finer motif beneath it
Watch continues to run indefinitely when lost (swallowed)
Filed beside it
Disregard of nature of basketry Rope of sand (chaff). (Cf. F843.)

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