Me: Do you have any books on The Titanic?
Librarian: Yes, quite a few.
Me: It's sad that they're all ruined now.
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Me: Do you have any books on The Titanic?
Librarian: Yes, quite a few.
Me: It's sad that they're all ruined now.
Who'se going to shuffle the deck..... chairs?
@dgar There’s a great episode of The Goon Show where a sailor is asked if he's responsible for the berths on the ship. The audience immediately saw the berths/births joke, and laughed for a good half minute. Peter Sellers then says "you realise this next line is completely useless now."