Painterly snow-covered brick chimney topped with cookies and a glass of milk beneath a full moon.

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John Cage

A fat man, trying to squeeze through a narrow chimney, and I taunt him with Oreos and whole milk.

— Ally McBeal  ·  1997

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What it means

Our 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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