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A wife tells her programmer husband: β€œGo to the store and buy a gallon of milk. If they have eggs, get six.”

He comes back with six gallons of milk. When she asks why, he replies: β€œThey had eggs".

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[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty sure I've heard effectively the same core joke but better composed. Can't remember it though because at best it's middling funny.