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Marijn | 22:16 Mon 22nd Jul 2013 | Jokes
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This "joke" was on my calendar, and I don't get it. . . . .

Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of $371.49 each.
(Apparently it's a quote from Andy Rooney (whoever he is)).
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I think -- think -- it's meant to be observational comedy. The expense of growing your own food.
The joke is obviously that the speaker is confusing average with marginal cost....
^sorry, that's as funny as economics gets.
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I think that must be it, Jim. I just googled him and he's some man that used to be on the radio in America. He doesn't sound very funny to me. Thanks for your answer.
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Sorry dr b, I don't understand your answer. Thank you for answering.
Wouldn't Andy Rooney have said "neighborhood" and not "neighbourhood"?
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I wrote it without the "u", but spell checker Anglicized it.

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