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If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it.
— Jack Sparrow • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This is a sly, teasing jab: if you were holding out for the perfect moment to act, congratulations, it just went by. The joke lands because it treats a missed chance as a bit of obvious timing the listener somehow overlooked.
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