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I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before, before.
— Paul Varjak · Breakfast at Tiffany's
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The speaker distinguishes drinking champagne with breakfast from drinking it before breakfast. Repeating 'before' makes that small difference into a verbal tangle. The joke gives an unusual distinction careful attention, treating a slight change in timing as a noteworthy new experience.
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