Original artwork, not a still
Mostly Harmless · 1992
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker gives common sense a surprisingly low position in a supposed ranking of New Yorkers' qualities. The precise number makes a broad insult sound like measured research. Read as exaggeration, the invented-looking list lends comic authority to a skeptical judgment about the city.
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