One of the keys to speaking and understanding English well is developing the ability to cope with ambiguity. Often meanings are ambiguous due to pronunciation (see the earlier "Mike Hat" video), homophones (words with different means but the same pronunciation) or grammar. The above joke, made famous by Groucho Marx, plays off two different uses of the present perfect simple against each other. What are the two different meanings and what makes this statement funny?
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