But really, it's no joke - they're all trying to be the next governor of Texas.

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Of course, to the manufacturers and marketers who have realized that there's big money in it, men's grooming is no joke.

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The description on Amazon reads like a bizarre joke: "Swastika, starring Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, Josef Goebbels et al." It's bizarre, but no joke.

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No, it's not the start of a joke.

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He's got no monetary value so maybe someone thought it was just a bit of a joke.

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