A tiny bath beneath a duck-patterned shower curtain, with a yellow rubber duck peeking out beside aqua tiles.

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Billy Madison

Shampoo is better! I go on first and clean the hair! Conditioner is better! I leave the hair silky and smooth! Oh, really, fool? Really! (Notices gold swan on edge of tub) Stop looking at me, swan!

— Billy Madison • 1995

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues loudly on behalf of shampoo, then conditioner, as if the two products were rivals, then turns the shouting on a swan they notice nearby. It is a comically absurd bathtime tantrum.

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