Isaac Asimov joke no. 12:
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During and after World War II, Pearl Harbor came to be synony mous with treachery and disaster.
Having heard Pearl Harbor used in this fashion about one hundred thousand times too often (and no cliché is so mercilessly overused as one that appeals to the politician), I finally said to a friend out of sheer cantankerousness, "You'd think the navy would have had better sense than to moor all those ships in a place with a bad-luck name like Pearl Harbor."
All I was searching for was a mild chuckle at my attempt at whimsy, but I was floored when my friend said in all seriousness, "You'd sure think so, wouldn't you?"
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