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Let’s release the lobster back into the supermarket from whence it came.
— Bob's Burgers ‧ 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker proposes returning a lobster to a supermarket as though releasing it into its proper home. The formal phrase 'from whence it came' enlarges a mundane destination. The joke substitutes a place of purchase for the natural setting that release would usually suggest.
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