A glass marble with an eye-like center resting on dark cracked paving.

Original artwork, not a still

Emo Philips

I was walking down the street. Something caught my eye...and dragged it fifteen feet.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A joke built on a phrase taken literally. Something 'catches your eye' is an idiom for noticing, but here it grabs the eye like a hook and drags it along the pavement. The deadpan delivery makes the gruesome image land as an absurd wordplay twist.

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