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I'm not crazy, I've just been a very bad mood for the last 40 years!
— Ouiser Boudreaux ‧ Steel Magnolias
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A defiant defense with a punchline in the timescale. The speaker insists they're not crazy, just in a very bad mood, and the forty years turns a mood into a lifelong condition. The joke is the confident absurdity of the excuse.
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