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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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A guy in middle ages and his girlfriend of similar age are talking that it would be nice to go out on a double date with the guy's sister and her boyfriend.
Guy's sister is younger than him, and so is her boyfriend.
Now, what puzzles me is the following conversation.
Guy's girlfriend: Pick a date.
Guy: I pick you. And I pick my sister to chaperone.
Dictionary says that "to chaperone" means that an older person watches over younger person how he/she behaves. Something like that simplified.
But in upper case, the guy's sister is much YOUNGER and reckless than him and his gf. How would she chaperone? The sentence doesn't make any sense to me.
It's from Dexter season 1 episode 2.
Guy's sister is younger than him, and so is her boyfriend.
Now, what puzzles me is the following conversation.
Guy's girlfriend: Pick a date.
Guy: I pick you. And I pick my sister to chaperone.
Dictionary says that "to chaperone" means that an older person watches over younger person how he/she behaves. Something like that simplified.
But in upper case, the guy's sister is much YOUNGER and reckless than him and his gf. How would she chaperone? The sentence doesn't make any sense to me.
It's from Dexter season 1 episode 2.
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Anonymous the guy's sister is much YOUNGER and reckless than him and his gf. How would she chaperone? That's the joke: she wouldn't chaperone well, so the older brother and his date would not have to worry about their behavior.
- Anonymous the guy's sister is much YOUNGER and reckless than him and his gf.
- How would she chaperone?
- That's the joke: she wouldn't chaperone well, so the older brother and his date would not have to worry about their behavior.
- You seem to have missed the bigger joke, though: 'Pick a date' is meant by the speaker to mean a calendar date, not a person to go out with.
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Anonymousthe guy's sister is much YOUNGER and reckless than him and his gf. How would she chaperone?That's the joke: she wouldn't chaperone well, so the older brother and his date would not have to worry about their behavior. You seem to have missed the bigger joke, though: 'Pick a date' is meant by the speaker to mean a calendar date, not a person to go out
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Why would pick a date be a joke? I understand that "to pick a date" in this case means a time of the date.
But I don't get why he said "I pick you"? She's already been his girlfriend for long time.
So he's just joking when he's saying that his sister's gonna chaperone?
But I don't get why he said "I pick you"? She's already been his girlfriend for long time.
So he's just joking when he's saying that his sister's gonna chaperone?
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AnonymousI understand that "to pick a date" in this case means a time of the date.But I don't get why he said "I pick you"? She's already been his girlfriend for long time.He is making a joke by pretending to misunderstand 'pick a date'.
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