Pink fibre insulation and candy, two blue suction cups, a shaving pouch with brown flask and brush, and a silver zipper on navy cloth form a low row.

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Grandpa

I'm filled with piss n' vinegar! ... at first I was just filled with vinegar.

— The Simpsons · 1989

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The familiar expression for energy and defiance becomes a joke about first containing only vinegar. The speaker plays with the idiom, rather than offering a literal description of bodily contents.

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