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) u. `. f% e! h7 L% h) i1 EIs this a joke? I did not get it when i heard on easyrock. 2 Y7 b6 n0 ?4 U4 y7 Y8 g) ] ; b& n3 h# ]$ c& j( I/ qThe background is: ! [, i4 S. o0 L- `1 @$ I4 } S3 w, g# E1 k% r/ dhost said: Do you want to hear something funny?$ B$ ^6 j- g$ x7 K9 Q! e! E3 Y5 D2 A
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Host: Winter is coming on Tuesday.$ v1 R8 q9 s; V) M0 |" T, d9 c
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At precisely 6:38 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere. Tuesday marks the December solstice and there will be 24 hours of darkness north of the Arctic Circle.