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Oh, I love my family, but I'd give my six kids to get rid of my wife.
— Kovatch ‧ The Inspector General
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
An exaggerated declaration of family devotion collapses into comic betrayal, as the speaker jokes about trading away six children just to be free of a spouse. The humor relies on absurd overstatement, turning a supposedly loving sentiment inside out for a punchline about marital exasperation.
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