Why did the homework assignment start crying when it was placed on the kitchen table?
Because it had too many tearable tear-out pages
This riddle features a pun on the words 'tearable' and 'tear', connecting emotional sadness with physical paper. A workbook page that is meant to be ripped out is technically tearable, but the excess stress made the assignment feel genuinely miserable.
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