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I prefer something slightly more melodious. Like the long, drawn-out death rattle of a man suffering from terminal flatulence.
— Red Dwarf • 1988
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker calls a drawn-out death rattle from someone with terminal flatulence preferable and more melodious. The comparison turns an unpleasant imagined sound into the better option. Its comic force comes from the elaborate, deliberately disgusting description used to express a very low opinion.
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