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Hi, Egon. How's school? I bet those science chicks really dig that large cranium of yours, huh?

— Peter Venkman  ·  Ghostbusters II

A tall stack of index cards and a magnifier next to a small gray owl figurine in big round glasses.
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The speaker teases Egon with a greeting and a question about school, then speculates that women in the sciences must find that oversized head irresistible. The joke reads as playful mockery, pairing brainy intellect with an exaggerated physical oddity while pretending it makes Egon a heartthrob.

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