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{one of my all time favorites...}

There were three Eskimos in a local Alaskan bar, talking about how cold it was outside, and how cold their igloos were. They could agree on everything but whose igloo was the coldest, so they decided to determine who, indeed, had the coldest igloo.

At the first Eskimo's igloo, he said, "Watch this!" He poured a cup of water into the air. The water froze in midair and fell onto the floor. "Not bad," agreed the other Eskimos, but each maintained their igloo was colder still.

At the second Eskimo's igloo, he said, "Watch this!" He took a big breath and exhaled, whereupon his breath froze into a big lump and fell to the floor. "Wow, that's colder than mine!" said the first Eskimo. But the third Eskimo exclaimed his was colder still.

At the third Eskimo's igloo, he said, "Watch this!" He went into the bedroom, threw back the thick furs, and retrieved one of several small balls of ice there. Putting it in a spoon, and held a match under it. When it was sufficiently heated, it went "FFFAAAARRRRTTT".

He won.

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