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A Pole, a Russian and a German wanted to c … A Pole, a Russian and a German wanted to cross a bridge. But they met a devil who told them:
-If you throw something and I cannot catch it, I will let you cross the bridge, but if you throw something and I can catch it, you may not cross the bridge and I will cut your heads off.
They agreed. The German was first to throw. He thought and thought, and then took a needle out of his pocket and threw it.
The devil looked and caught the needle. Then he cut the German’s head off.
Then the Russian thought, and tore a hair out of his head, and threw it. The devil looked and caught the hair. Then he cut the Russian’s head off. Now the Pole was thinking for an hour, two hours.
Suddenly he farted… The devil did not catch it… nly he farted… The devil did not catch it…
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