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You're a pig. Barney's a pig. Larry's a pig. we're all pigs... once in a while, we can crawl out of the slop, hose ourselves off, and act like human beings.
— The Simpsons · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker insists that everyone, including the people addressed and named, is basically a pig. Only occasionally can they climb out of the mess, wash off, and behave decently. It is a blunt, self-mocking view of human nature that treats good manners as a rare, temporary cleanup.
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