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Can't get the joke 5 - butter
A: Shall I tell you a secret about butter?
B: You'd better not. I might spread it.
What's the joke? Thanks.
B: You'd better not. I might spread it.
What's the joke? Thanks.
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When you put butter on bread, the verb is "to spread".
I spread butter on bread.
I spread jelly on toast.
But "to spread" can also mean to tell a lot of people about something. And a secret is something you don't want to tell people. It is something you don't want to spread.
I spread butter on bread.
I spread jelly on toast.
But "to spread" can also mean to tell a lot of people about something. And a secret is something you don't want to tell people. It is something you don't want to spread.
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