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271
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mount sinai
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A man is standing on a hill. A cloud with Groucho glasses and a hand reaching out of it is handing him a tablet.
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The cloud has a funny disguise on.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_glasses",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God"
]
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[
"Why is the cloud wearing those?"
]
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Remember, it's all in the timing.
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scene: mount sinai description: A man is standing on a hill. A cloud with Groucho glasses and a hand reaching out of it is handing him a tablet. uncanny: The cloud has a funny disguise on. entities: Moses, Groucho_glasses, God. caption: Remember, it's all in the timing.
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God is portrayed as a comedian (as indicated by the glasses disguise), and so instead of handing Noah the commandments of life as in the bible, he's providing the commandments of comedy, e.g., "it's all in the timing".
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39
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2575545e819e36bf9b826d505d5363f5
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2
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260
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a bank
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Three people are standing in line at the bank. The bank teller is a traditional pirate with a hook hand, eye patch, and a parrot.
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It is strange for an old school pirate to function as a bank teller and for the people to not bat an eye. They are probably there to rob the people legitimately in line.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_teller"
]
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[
"Is the pirate going to rob people of their money?"
]
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Can I interest you in opening an offshore account?
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scene: a bank description: Three people are standing in line at the bank. The bank teller is a traditional pirate with a hook hand, eye patch, and a parrot. uncanny: It is strange for an old school pirate to function as a bank teller and for the people to not bat an eye. They are probably there to rob the people legitimately in line. entities: Piracy, Bank_teller. caption: Can I interest you in opening an offshore account?
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A play on the term "offshore account". If a pirate were were to be working as a bank teller, they might offer people literal offshore accounts, i.e., accounts on pirate ships. But the term "offshore account" literally means an account off the shores of the US, e.g., in the Cayman Islands, that rich people use to evade taxes.
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59
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c3100ef73f07b2cab641fec2a2045da0
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3
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471
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ice berg
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People are ice fishing. A bunch of sharks are in the ice holes around them.
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There are sharks in the ice holes. Sharks are not in these areas since it's too cold.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharks",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_fishing"
]
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[
"Why are there sharks in all the ice holes?"
]
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I feel like I'm still at the office.
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scene: ice berg description: People are ice fishing. A bunch of sharks are in the ice holes around them. uncanny: There are sharks in the ice holes. Sharks are not in these areas since it's too cold. entities: Sharks, Ice_fishing. caption: I feel like I'm still at the office.
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Ice fishing is an activity people might do on weekends to escape from work. The joke here is that, in a cubicle setting, someone is surrounded by their co-workers; this person is insinuating that they co-workers are figuratively predatory like sharks, and so they haven't really escaped with this activity.
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51
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70d58a010deaf8a3e43c3f951ae11f9b
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4
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666
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a therapist office
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A psychiatrist is talking to a patient. He is laying on a red couch in the office.
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The couch is the only thing in color.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip"
]
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[
"Why is the couch in color?"
]
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Shouldn't you be sitting in an ear?
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scene: a therapist office description: A psychiatrist is talking to a patient. He is laying on a red couch in the office. uncanny: The couch is the only thing in color. entities: Couch, Lip. caption: Shouldn't you be sitting in an ear?
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The patient of the therapist is sitting lips; during therapy, the patient often does more of the talking, and so the lips match. The therapist is sitting on a normal chair, and the patient is worried that he might not listen as well as he should because if his chair matched his actions, he would be expected to be sitting on an ear.
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64
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c04f0ea8fe63b07a5df7049e11e10d64
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5
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632
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a police office
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There is a woman wearing a badge, with her arms at her side, and an irritated expression, staring down at a seated scraggly-groomed man wearing a shirt and tie as well as the same badge. The man appears to be talking. On a table beside him is a microphone. In a large window behind him is a serious of decreasingly smaller dolls, in what's implied to be a criminal identification setup.
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It's unusual to see a series of dolls being featured as the suspects in a crime.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_lineup",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll"
]
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[
"What crime was committed?",
"How did the dolls, without arms or legs, perpetuate it?"
]
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They were all in it together.
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scene: a police office description: There is a woman wearing a badge, with her arms at her side, and an irritated expression, staring down at a seated scraggly-groomed man wearing a shirt and tie as well as the same badge. The man appears to be talking. On a table beside him is a microphone. In a large window behind him is a serious of decreasingly smaller dolls, in what's implied to be a criminal identification setup. uncanny: It's unusual to see a series of dolls being featured as the suspects in a crime. entities: Police_lineup, Matryoshka_doll. caption: They were all in it together.
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"In it together", in a police context, usually means that a group of people committed a crime together. But here, the russian stacking dolls in the line up are also literally in it together because they nest inside each-other until they are all in "it" (i.e., the biggest one that holds them all) together.
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55
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1f5b99ebdfc32ab14cdeaddd7e09df75
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6
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747
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the backyard
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Two women are sitting outside talking. There is a man waving to them from a fence, suspended upside down in the air.
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For some reason the neighbor's area is upside down.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_reflection",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood"
]
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[
"What happened that ripped apart this piece of reality?"
]
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I'm always afraid he will drop in unexpectedly.
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scene: the backyard description: Two women are sitting outside talking. There is a man waving to them from a fence, suspended upside down in the air. uncanny: For some reason the neighbor's area is upside down. entities: Point_reflection, Neighbourhood. caption: I'm always afraid he will drop in unexpectedly.
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"Dropping in" refers to unexpected/unplanned visits; this type of social interaction is often avoided by introverts (hence the fear). However, in this case, "dropping in" is literally dropping due to gravity and the physical inversion of the neighbors property.
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40
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9e6552eb7344dc1da3fdbb517431804e
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7
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669
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a bedroom
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A baby in a suit is giving a speech in his crib as his parents look on. the mother looks happy and the father doesn't have an expression on his face.
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Babies do not give speeches especially those still in their crib.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy"
]
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[
"Why is the baby giving a speech?"
]
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I love his bedtime routine.
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scene: a bedroom description: A baby in a suit is giving a speech in his crib as his parents look on. the mother looks happy and the father doesn't have an expression on his face. uncanny: Babies do not give speeches especially those still in their crib. entities: Infant, Stand-up_comedy. caption: I love his bedtime routine.
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A play on words. A "bed time routine" usually refers to a benign set of activities that people do before bed like brush their teeth, etc. But here, "routine" is a stand-up performance: the parents are impressed with their baby's regular pre-bed comedy show.
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45
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c224a0a92f2791b9a0bbfdce5364ff02
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8
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66
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living room
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A man and woman are sitting down in a living room. They are reading off of tablet.s
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Their tablets are made of stone.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscommunication",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage"
]
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[
"Why are they reading off stones?"
]
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There's something about holding a rock in your hands that newspapers can't replace.
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scene: living room description: A man and woman are sitting down in a living room. They are reading off of tablet.s uncanny: Their tablets are made of stone. entities: Rosetta_Stone, Miscommunication, Marriage. caption: There's something about holding a rock in your hands that newspapers can't replace.
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A joke about the progression of technology: people will often say that there's something about reading on physical paper that digital devices can't replicate. But here, paper is re-framed as the new, underwhelming tech, and these folks are committed to the feel of reading on rocks. It's a funny re-framing, and also funny to think about how these modern looking people could possibly have gotten used to reading on rock tablets initially.
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73
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7b73089790dd27147bbb2c70315ce5f5
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9
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672
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a doctor's office
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A man is sitting in an office on his computer. He's speaking with a rat man, who is at his computer.
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The man behind the desk has a rat head.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription"
]
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[
"Why does he have a rat head?"
]
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Don't worry. I wouldn't prescribe anything I haven't tested on myself.
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scene: a doctor's office description: A man is sitting in an office on his computer. He's speaking with a rat man, who is at his computer. uncanny: The man behind the desk has a rat head. entities: Rat, Medical_prescription. caption: Don't worry. I wouldn't prescribe anything I haven't tested on myself.
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A joke about the role of a rat in the scientific process. Usually, rats in labs are the subject of medical testing, e.g., for new medications, to make sure they are safe prior to human trials being conducted. Here, however, the doctor is a rat --- while doctors assure patients that treatments are safe, the scientist rat has literally tested the drug on themselves in its role as a test subject.
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72
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aa4d17dd08204cb1ac1eaf345eb901fd
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10
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502
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graveyard
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Two people are looking in on a cemetery. There is a grave that has the likeness of a man's head in the distance.
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The grave is way oversized.
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[
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headstone",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island"
]
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[
"Why is the grave so big?"
]
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If I knew Larry, its hollow inside.
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scene: graveyard description: Two people are looking in on a cemetery. There is a grave that has the likeness of a man's head in the distance. uncanny: The grave is way oversized. entities: Headstone, Easter_Island. caption: If I knew Larry, its hollow inside.
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This is a dark joke that implies Larry, the deceased man, was not a good person: to be "hollow inside" figuratively means to have no soul/morals, and so the onlookers are saying that, even though he may look impressive (even in death), he's hollow (including perhaps his literal tombstone).
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50
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d6b75207135b359a185d5872aff83210
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