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If there are forty cups on the table and one cup breaks, how come there are 3 tea cups left?
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What does forty sound like?Answer
There are 4 tea (For-ty) cups at first. When one breaks, there would be 3 tea cups left!Admittedly, this doesn't work when written, but go use it on your friend.
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