>>>Two retired guys sit on a park bench.
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>>>Guy 1: did you bring any bread for the pigeons?
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>>>Guy 2: never mind, I can eat them without bread.
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>>What? Even the (bad) jokes were affected by him too?
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>That's his contribution to the time-honored tradition of galgenhumor. We had a bunch of those in his time.
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>>Patient: Doctor, can you give me something for my liver?
>>Doctor: Sure, here's a pound of onions.
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>A related story: two guys just happen upon an owner of a somewhat largish boat trying to push it off the shallows so he can sail. They help him push it, get thoroughly wet in the process, and in the end the guy says "Thanks a lot guys, here's something for you to drink" and shoves something into the palm of one of the guys.
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>Off he sails, and the other guy says "well, at least this guy is generous. What did he give you?"
>"An aspirin."

Is that supposed to be a joke? If not, what is it?