Two golden pastries face each other on a teal plate beside a fork and a folded white napkin.

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Vickie

Would the two of you just do it and get it over with? I’m starving!

— Reality Bites  ·  1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker impatiently urges two people to get something over with, then supplies a blunt personal reason: hunger. The short final sentence pulls attention toward an immediate bodily need. The humour comes from the abrupt collision between whatever is delaying the pair and wanting food.

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