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Homer, is that my good butter?

— Marge · The Simpsons

A slice of buttered toast on a plate sits beside an empty gravy boat on striped cloth.
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The speaker asks whether the butter in question is the good butter, implying a better kind set apart from everyday use. The question sounds like mild domestic alarm, or wary suspicion, that a treasured item has been used casually. Its tone is tentatively reproachful rather than openly angry.

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