A multicolored pen rests diagonally across a shallow cream dish surrounded by bright confetti on a pale blue surface.

Original artwork, not a still

Louis Bamberger

Look at that–red, green, black! It’s like having four pens in one! What a wonderful time to be alive, eh?

— I.Q.  ·  1994

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker’s excitement over a pen with several colours turns a small convenience into a grand celebration of the times. The exuberance is the joke, not a measured assessment of progress.

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