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The pun is about the double meaning of the word "count":
So what am I lying about exactly? I've presented an hypothetical case, and made two claims about it:
Which of these claim is incorrect?
I thought we were talking about counting votes the whole time. I'm not interested in helping you with your mental gymnastics routine.
We are, sort of, but counting votes is not just a fun pastime activity - it's a mean for determining who will take the power (or, in depending on the political system, how the power will be distributed) so my argument is that there is a meaning to the result of that count.