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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
A joke in "Everybody Loves Raymond"
If you've seen the show, would you kindly explain my question?
Here is a joke in the episode "The Christmas Picture". It's in a scene when Ray and Robert were thinking about gifts to their mother. And in here, Ray doesn't think mom would like Robert's gift?
RAY : Hammock?
ROBERT: That's right, it's the perfect gift.
RAY : Yeah? You really see Mom fighting her way out of a hammock?
ROBERT: Shut up, she'll love it. It's like an outdoor couch....
The idiom fight one's way out/through means "struggle to get out of"
So I don't see the logic in this joke.
Please explain it to me. I want to laugh too.
Here is a joke in the episode "The Christmas Picture". It's in a scene when Ray and Robert were thinking about gifts to their mother. And in here, Ray doesn't think mom would like Robert's gift?
RAY : Hammock?
ROBERT: That's right, it's the perfect gift.
RAY : Yeah? You really see Mom fighting her way out of a hammock?
ROBERT: Shut up, she'll love it. It's like an outdoor couch....
The idiom fight one's way out/through means "struggle to get out of"
So I don't see the logic in this joke.
Please explain it to me. I want to laugh too.
Top answer
You're supposed to conjure up an image of someone of his mother's age, weight, and stature attempting to get out of a hammock. Imagine the struggle, the hammock swaying to and fro, and possibly flipping over, unceremoniously depositing her on the floor. She would be lucky to accomplish the task without falling on the floor and breaking an arm of leg.
- You're supposed to conjure up an image of someone of his mother's age, weight, and stature attempting to get out of a hammock.
- Imagine the struggle, the hammock swaying to and fro, and possibly flipping over, unceremoniously depositing her on the floor.
- She would be lucky to accomplish the task without falling on the floor and breaking an arm of leg.
- I don't watch that sitcom.
- I, too, sometimes don't get the humor.
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You're supposed to conjure up an image of someone of his mother's age, weight, and stature attempting to get out of a hammock. Imagine the struggle, the hammock swaying to and fro, and possibly flipping over, unceremoniously depositing her on the floor. She would be lucky to accomplish the task without falling on the floor and breaking an arm of leg.
I don't watch that sitcom. I, too,
I don't watch that sitcom. I, too,
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