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Elayne Boosler

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

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The speaker humorously describes a strategy of locking only half of their six door locks, so that a thief trying to unlock them would constantly be re-locking some of the locks. This joke plays on the idea that the thief’s effort is wasted because they can never fully unlock the door without locking others again.

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