A leather collar around a yellow tennis ball with a ribbon leash on a lilac cushion.

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Dug

Be my prisoner? Oh, please, oh, please be my prisoner?

— Up

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The repeated 'please' turns a demand for captivity into an eager request for cooperation. That mismatch gives the sentence its humour: taking a prisoner is phrased as a favour the other person might grant. The excitement makes the threatening word sound unexpectedly polite.

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