A yellow rain boot stands in a brown puddle beside a tiny green sprout.

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Maxwell Kane

Why am I always the one who ends up knee deep in crap?

— The Mighty • 1998

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a groan of self-pity with a crude punchline: the speaker feels that messes always find them. Being knee deep in something unpleasant works as a blunt metaphor for repeatedly landing in bad situations, and the question is more complaint than real inquiry.

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