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Dogs are idiots. Think about it, Smithers. If I came into your house and started sniffing at your crotch and slobbering all over your face, what would you say?
— Burns · The Simpsons
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker asks Smithers to imagine the speaker behaving like a dog in Smithers’s home. Sniffing and slobbering would seem offensive from a person, so the comparison is offered as proof that dogs are foolish. The joke applies human social expectations to ordinary canine behaviour.
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