These Reddit Posts Are A Must Read For Anyone Who Loves Puns, Pranks, and Stupid People

Catching 40 Winks

Are there any linguists in the house? If so, then this one is for you. This one-liner plays on the redundancy we use in English, figuring out our usual sayings of “go to” sleep instead of saying “do a sleep,” “take a sleep,” or “make a sleep.”

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Up there, the joke is all about kleptomaniacs who instead of “sleep”, “take” sleep. A kleptomaniac is a person who can not control his urge to steal. We have also heard about them stealing a few winks. To ensure you are safe from being a victim, you may also consider taking a sleep. Or maybe an eye opened, the other closed. Watch your back, there is a kleptomaniac around who only takes a sleep while you are enjoying your sleep, snoring. 

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