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Gamboler Posted 11 years ago
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It doesn't give much deeperness
A dialogue between two men:
Man #1: Infiltrating a place like this is uneasy. It takes time, lots of time; that's why I came in so long ago, to give me time to go undercover.
Man #2: Well, it doesn't give much deeperness. (Man #1 smiles). Did you ever wonder why they sent you in?
What does man #2 mean with 'well, it doesn't give much deeperness'? (I suppose that here deeperness= depth)
Does he mean perhaps that it wouldn't have been required to make such an effort?
Why this sentence makes man #1 smile? Does it have a double meaning?
Context: None of them are spies. Man #1 believes he is a deep cover spy and tries to convince the other guy that he really is. Man #2 knows that man #1 is just an inmate of the lunatic asylum, so he goes with the flow.
Man #1: Infiltrating a place like this is uneasy. It takes time, lots of time; that's why I came in so long ago, to give me time to go undercover.
Man #2: Well, it doesn't give much deeperness. (Man #1 smiles). Did you ever wonder why they sent you in?
What does man #2 mean with 'well, it doesn't give much deeperness'? (I suppose that here deeperness= depth)
Does he mean perhaps that it wouldn't have been required to make such an effort?
Why this sentence makes man #1 smile? Does it have a double meaning?
Context: None of them are spies. Man #1 believes he is a deep cover spy and tries to convince the other guy that he really is. Man #2 knows that man #1 is just an inmate of the lunatic asylum, so he goes with the flow.
Top answer
Are you sure you heard this correctly? My guess is that the first man says "Infiltrating a place like this isn't easy. " "It doesn't give much deeperness" makes no sense at all.
- Are you sure you heard this correctly?
- My guess is that the first man says "Infiltrating a place like this isn't easy.
- " "It doesn't give much deeperness" makes no sense at all.
- Could it have been "It doesn't get much deeper than this"?
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Are you sure you heard this correctly?
My guess is that the first man says "Infiltrating a place like this isn't easy."
"It doesn't give much deeperness" makes no sense at all. Could it have been "It doesn't get much deeper than this"?
My guess is that the first man says "Infiltrating a place like this isn't easy."
"It doesn't give much deeperness" makes no sense at all. Could it have been "It doesn't get much deeper than this"?
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Thanks, khoff. You are completely right.
I heard it again (the sound is quite bad) and what they really say is "isn't easy" and "Well, it doesn't get much deeper than this".
Nevertheless, I am still thinking about the meaning of the second sentence and the joke involved (if any). Can you help me again?
I heard it again (the sound is quite bad) and what they really say is "isn't easy" and "Well, it doesn't get much deeper than this".
Nevertheless, I am still thinking about the meaning of the second sentence and the joke involved (if any). Can you help me again?
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Man # 2 is saying, "Well, this is as deep as deep cover could possibly be."
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