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Woody Allen

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

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Woody Allen is making a joke by suggesting that his height, which has nothing to do with playing chess, was the reason he didn't make the team. The humor comes from the absurd idea that a physical trait matters in a game based purely on mental skill.

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