A small wicker chair sits in the shade of a large potted fern, with yellow fruit beside it.

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Robert Benchley

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker makes sitting down sound like a professional speciality. Work provides the respectable opening, while the final claim of excellence attaches itself to a posture. The joke lets an ordinary fact about how someone works become an unexpectedly modest boast about what they do best.

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