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Now you're overstimulated. Let's get some beer in you and then straight into bed!

— Marge • The Simpsons

A half-full glass of beer is surrounded by small pale paper flowers.
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Marge declares that someone is overstimulated and immediately proposes beer followed by bed. The brisk sequence turns her assessment into a ready-made plan. Its comic force lies in presenting that peculiar response with the straightforward certainty of an ordinary instruction.

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