A small globe partly painted pale blue, with a paintbrush leaning against it and a paint cup nearby.

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Steven Wright

It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A one-liner that plays on the saying that it's a small world. The speaker agrees, then undercuts it by imagining the practical job of painting the whole thing, which would still be too big and tedious to take on.

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