A clear glass slipper rests beside crumpled lined paper and scattered fragments on a pale lavender surface.

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Jimmy

If I believed in fairy tales I never would have dropped out of kindergarten.

— NewsRadio ‧ 1995

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker uses a joke about leaving kindergarten to prove they don't believe in fairy tales. The claim sounds absurd because such a young child is being cast as a hardened sceptic. A grand display of disbelief rests on a very small schoolroom story.

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