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A programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and get a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen.“
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Well, if "get" encapsulates the entire "run to the grocery store and purchase x loaves of bread" action, then the statements would execute in sequence and he'd make 3 trips and get 3 loaves.
If each statement is merely specifying the quantity of the getting, the latter two statements are redundant since he will get one loaf of bread in all circumstances.
Phrased this way, though, it sounds a lot more like the former than the original joke. But that...