If one side has one, the other side has to get one. Once launched, they cannot be recalled. When they land, they screw up everything forever.
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He was trying to fetch a boomerang
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To get to the shell station.
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Because it would fall over if it lifted the other one.
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The question is irrelevant, since you couldn't find the dolls even if you knew how many. (Note: Well, this was a good joke in 1983-84. . . .)
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In the dictionary.
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