Another man approached him. Is anyone sitting here?
"No," the man replied.
"Why? It's the greatest sporting event on earth and you couldn't give a ticket?"
"Well," he said. "It actually belonged to my wife, but she passed away.
"It's the first World Cup final we've spent apart."
The man said: "Couldn't you get a friend or a family member to join you?"
"No, they're all at the funeral".
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