A pink balloon sits in a yellow taco-shaped holder beside a red chilli on turquoise.

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Emo Philips

I went into Gus's artificial organ and taco stand. I said "Give me a bladder por favor."

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A shop combining artificial organs and tacos makes an unlikely purchase sound like an ordinary food order. The request places bladder beside the polite Spanish phrase por favor, which also invites a playful resemblance to a more familiar order. The joke depends on that strange pairing of merchandise and language.

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