People
People come up to me and say, "Emo, do people really come up to you?"
— Emo Philips
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The question folds back on the very encounter in which it is asked. Someone approaches the speaker to ask whether people approach him, supplying an answer through their own action. The repetition turns an ordinary conversational opening into a small logical joke.
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