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( Q: What's the contour integral around Western Europe? )
( A: Zero, because all the Poles are in Eastern Europe! )
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( Addendum: Actually, there ARE some Poles in Western Europe, )
( but they )
( are removable! )
( )
( Q: An English mathematician (I forgot who) was asked by )
( his )
( very religious colleague: Do you believe in one God? )
( A: Yes, up to isomorphism! )
( )
( Q: What is a compact city? )
( A: It's a city that can be guarded by finitely many )
( near-sighted )
( policemen! )
( -- Peter Lax )
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