A small cross made from two red pencils tied with a neon green band beside a tiny eraser shaped like a boombox on a yellow surface.

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Lord, we give you Curly. Try not to piss him off.

— City Slickers  ·  1991

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What it means

Our interpretation.

In a prayer that mixes solemnity with irreverence, the speaker hands Curly over to God and adds a blunt warning not to anger him. The comedy lies in mixing reverence with plain-spoken worry, implying Curly is hard to handle even for the divine.

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