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I always say God bless you. I never say bless you. I’m not the Lord, I can’t do that.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker treats the difference between “God bless you” and “bless you” with comic literalness. Naming God makes the blessing a request to a higher power; omitting the name would seem to claim that power personally. The joke turns a familiar expression into a question of authority.
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