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Oh, you think this stolen 'H' is a laugh riot, don't you? Well, I'll tell you something that's not so funny: right now Superintendent Chalmers is at home crying like a little girl! Well, I guess that is a little funny.
— The Simpsons • 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A reprimand about a stolen H becomes comic when the speaker first disapproves of another person’s tears and then admits finding them funny. The reversal exposes inconsistent sympathy.
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