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That is my virgin alarm, it goes off before you do!

— Dot · Spaceballs

A brass handbell tied with a pink satin bow stands among small folded paper stars.
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The joke gives an alarm a sexual double meaning: it sounds before the other person 'goes off'. That turns a warning system into a bawdy comeback about timing. The speaker makes the device seem one step ahead of the advance it is supposed to interrupt.

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