A toy sheep and cow stand beside a blank wooden arrow sign and a small brass whistle in a grassy landscape.

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Boy

Maybe if we were the last two people on earth and there was no sheep. Are there sheep?

— 10 Things I Hate About You · 1999

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What it means

Our interpretation.

An extreme hypothetical rejects attraction by adding an absurd question about whether sheep are available. The insult’s comparison is a joke, not a proposal or permission for harm.

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