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Do you know why the cable on this microphone is long? So that it’s easy to retrieve when I shove it up your arse!
— Felicia · The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
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An editorial interpretation.
A crude, aggressive threat wrapped in a mock quiz. The speaker asks why the microphone cable is so long, then answers that it makes the microphone easy to pull back after being shoved up the other person's backside. The humour is vulgar and menacing.
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