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If somebody accuses you in a story of being a crook, you can demand that they prove it. But if a comic says it and you protest, people say, 'What's the matter, you can't take a joke?

"Comics' Barbs Keep White House Hopefuls On The Run" by Thomas J. Brazaitis, The Plain Dealer, p. 4A, March 14, 1992.
If somebody accuses you in a story of being a crook, you can demand that they prove it. But if a comic says it and you protest, people say, 'What's the matter, you can't take a joke?