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No one lives in London (San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong, etc.) anymore - it's too crowded there.


Because more and more people live in London (San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong, etc.) now - it's too crowded there.

Ftfy. How can they be crowded if no one lives there anymore? Or are you suggesting they're crowded with things other than people?


It's called a joke. There is probably a few TED talks that you can listen to to explain it.


If you need to explain a joke it's a pretty bad joke. Besides, it was maybe interesting to some people when used first million times, but now, I wish I could downvote ...


That's one possibility...

You just prompted me to upvote.


ftfy...

On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra#Examples


This reminds me:

Who's on First [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_on_First%3F




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