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A fat man, trying to squeeze through a narrow chimney, and I taunt him with Oreos and whole milk.
— John Cage · Ally McBeal
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An editorial interpretation.
A person stuck in a narrow chimney is imagined being taunted with cookies and milk. Those details evoke a familiar Christmas image, but replace hospitality with teasing. The humor depends on offering tempting food precisely when the trapped figure already has trouble fitting through.
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