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"What was the name of his other leg?"</blockquote>
In the case of this joke, the placement of the participial phrase "called Smith" implies that it is the leg that is named Smith, rather than the man. ("Called Smith" is a participial phrase, as "called" is a past participle.)
Another famous example of this humorous effect is by [[Groucho Marx]] as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding in the 1930 film ''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'':
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