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A venerable classic:

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner, followed by brandy and cigars, they retire for the night.

Some hours later, Watson finds himself nudged into wakefulness by his friend. “Watson, look up, and tell me what you see.”

“I see thousands upon thousands of stars, Holmes” Watson says, sleepily.

“And what do you deduce from that?”

Watson ponders for a minute. “Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are worlds beyond count, and outer space is vast and limitless. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes sighs, resignedly.

“Watson, you damned fool.” he says. “Someone has stolen our tent!”

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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.

(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)