A lattice-crust apple pie on a pedestal plate with tiny stars scattered on a dark blue tablecloth.

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Marge

Grandpa, are you sitting in the apple pie?

— The Simpsons  ·  1989

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Marge’s question brings together a familiar family address and an unexpectedly unsuitable seat. Because it remains a question, the sentence does not confirm the mishap. Its oddness comes from needing to ask at all whether an apple pie has become part of someone’s seating arrangement.

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