A pale strip of cloth dips into a bowl of deep blue pigment.

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You mean I’m going to stay this color?!?

— The Jerk · 1979

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker is aghast at learning that their colour will stay as it is. The disbelieving question, with its exclamation and query marks, treats the fact as a shocking permanent condition and carries comic dismay rather than acceptance.

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