A rumpled mustard-yellow sock draped over a small roller skate with a single coin beside it on a blue background.

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Oscar Madison

Life goes on, even for those of us who are divorced, broke, and sloppy.

— The Odd Couple  ·  1968

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A rueful, self-mocking pep talk. The speaker lists their failures, divorced, broke, and sloppy, and still insists that life keeps moving anyway. The humour comes from the shabby list; the comfort is that setbacks don't stop the world from turning.

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