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Remember when he ate my goldfish, then you said I never had a goldfish? Then why did I have the bowl Bart? WHY DID I HAVE THE BOWL?!
— Milhouse • The Simpsons
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Milhouse uses the bowl as evidence against the claim that his goldfish never existed. Repeating the question insists on an explanation for an object the denial leaves unaccounted for. The challenge centers on that inconsistency, while the excerpt does not settle who is telling the truth.
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