Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The pun sounds harmless until its missing context arrives. The joke turns on the gap between an idea’s cheerful surface and the reason it occurred to its proposer.
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In context
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In Analysis of Cork-Based Networking, Chang proposes a school dance theme built around this phrase. The committee initially accepts the bear imagery without understanding what prompted him. News of a recent attack makes the idea suddenly inappropriate and leads to the fat-dog replacement.
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- Analysis of Cork-Based Networking — wording and scene referenceAnalysis of Cork-Based NetworkingReference checked
- Analysis of Cork-Based Networking — wording and scene referenceAnalysis of Cork-Based NetworkingReference checked
- Analysis of Cork-Based Networking — wording and scene referenceAnalysis of Cork-Based NetworkingReference checked
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