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>> Your Dad was trying to warn you that everyone is not as they seem, but
>> didn't realise you were too young to understand the message.
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I don't think that was the point of the joke, rather the point was there was no point, other than satirising some bizarre streaks in parents. What might have worked on the music hall stage lost something in the retelling I feel.
But I agree it's an interesting tale and conundrum, posing the question, why?
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