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Call me idiot, not you captain - I mean, you know what I mean.
— Spaceballs · 1987
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker tangles the words idiot and captain while apparently trying to correct how someone is addressed. The attempt at clarification produces more confusion, followed by an appeal to the listener to understand anyway. The joke makes a claim to authority stumble over its own wording.
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