There is a much older one about a duchess in a military hospital. She asks a soldier where he was wounded. He is bashful, and she says, Come, now, we're both grownups. All right, says, he, In the penis. Oh, says she, with a hint of concern, and was the bone broken? My compliments to the Duke, says the soldier.

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Q. What is half of one and six dozen of the other?
A. A gross discrepancy.