Difference between revisions of "707: Joshing"
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"I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" is a flippant response to a question that's been around at least since the movie ''{{w|Top Gun}},'' and has entered regular use in the U.S., even among people who don't know its origin. | "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" is a flippant response to a question that's been around at least since the movie ''{{w|Top Gun}},'' and has entered regular use in the U.S., even among people who don't know its origin. | ||
| − | The Second Man uses the line here, but the joke is that he actually ''is'' planning to kill the First Man, and if he answered the question he'd have to kill him even sooner. In this case, according to the | + | The Second Man uses the line here, but the joke is that he actually ''is'' planning to kill the First Man, and if he answered the question he'd have to kill him even sooner. In this case, according to the title text, he'd go from #49 on his hit list (which apparently includes the entire world population) to #31. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | : | + | :Cueball: So, is the new project going forward? |
| − | : | + | :Friend: I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you! |
:[The men laugh cautiously.] | :[The men laugh cautiously.] | ||
:[The men resume conversation.] | :[The men resume conversation.] | ||
| − | : | + | :Friend: I mean, kill you even sooner. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
Revision as of 09:23, 1 November 2013
| Joshing |
 Title text: You'd be moved up from 49 of ~7 billion to 31 of ~7 billion. |
Explanation
"I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" is a flippant response to a question that's been around at least since the movie Top Gun, and has entered regular use in the U.S., even among people who don't know its origin.
The Second Man uses the line here, but the joke is that he actually is planning to kill the First Man, and if he answered the question he'd have to kill him even sooner. In this case, according to the title text, he'd go from #49 on his hit list (which apparently includes the entire world population) to #31.
Transcript
- Cueball: So, is the new project going forward?
- Friend: I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you!
- [The men laugh cautiously.]
- [The men resume conversation.]
- Friend: I mean, kill you even sooner.
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And what is "Joshing"? 77.254.185.80 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
"Joshing" is the present participle of the verb "to josh" -- which in colloquial American English means to joke or to tease. 108.162.219.209 05:26, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Is there any special meaning in the numbers 49 and 31 here? --YMS (talk) 20:10, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
