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things that go click
cerebral palsy mints
Jun 8, 2007 02:03
16 yrs ago
English term

[someone who] doesn’t have a shell

English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Married...With Children
PEGGY
Al, why are you in such a bad mood? Some men like to go shopping with their wives.

AL
Sure, for coffins. I hate buying stuff for the Wanker folk, Peg.

PEGGY
Well they like stuff from the big city. We just have things they can't get. Let's make sure we got it all.

(AL BEGINS TO UNPACK THE BAG HE IS HOLDING)

AL
Wax. String. Things that go click.

PEGGY
Ah, and to think, they bestowed their highest honor on you.

AL
Well, that's understandable. I'm the only one the ever met who ***doesn’t have a shell***.

Pls see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1954496 for extra context.

Thanks for your help.
Responses
2 see description
3 +1 not protected
2 possible reference to shotgun shells

Discussion

David Knowles Jun 8, 2007:
Well, it's pretty obscure, but I agree with you that adlnj is probably right. Al thinks that all the residents are turtles or crabs or other crustaceans, and they crawled out of the sea quite recently!
Mikhail Kropotov (asker) Jun 8, 2007:
Well, I think adlnj may be right. Here's what happens next:

AL
Well, that's understandable. I'm the only person the ever met who doesn't have a shell.

PEGGY
Scoff all you want, but I think being named the Grand Marshall of the Wanker County Bicentennial Parade is a big deal.

BUD
Yeah, Dad. They're celebrating two hundred years.

AL
Since what? They crawled from the ocean? No way was it that long ago.

What do you think?

Responses

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see description

Perhaps Al is just mocking the sparse population of Wanker County again, saying that the only people its residents know are turtles, or clams, or some other shelled animal (e.g. if it is a swampy county he is talking about turtles). Because there are relatively few humans. The joke doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and that's the only possible explanation I can come up with.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all of you."
2 hrs

possible reference to shotgun shells

Wisconsin is a "hunting" state - maybe

or could it be a transcription error?

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+1
5 hrs

not protected

idea :)
Peer comment(s):
agree David Knowles : I think this is the closest, but it's meant in a psychological sense, so "sensitive". But I've never seen the show!
9 mins
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