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Osee Posted 19 years ago
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Rachel's explanation for escaping her wedding. The comedy series Friends.

0Hi, questions are listed below in red. Thanks a lot for your time! Osee02br
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00Rachel: Oh God... well, it started about a half hour before the wedding. I was in the room where we were keeping all the presents, and I was looking at this gravy boat. This really gorgeous Limoges gravy boat. When all of a sudden-01font01b00 (to the waitress that brought her coffee)Sweet 'n' Lo02b02font00? 01b01font00(Q: Why there were laugthers in the background after Rachel said this line?)02font02b00- I realized that I was more 01font01b00turned on02b02font00 by this gravy boat than by Barry!(01font01b00Q: what does it mean by 01u01i00turned on02i02u00 used here?) 02b02font00And then I got really freaked out, and 01b01font00that's when it hit me02font01font00(Q: why is "hit" used here?)02font02b01font00:02font00 how much Barry looks like 01font01b00Mr. Potato Head01font00(Q:What's this phrase mean?)02font02b02font01font00.02font00 Y'know, I mean, I always knew he looked familiar, but... Anyway, I just had to get out of there, and I started wondering 'Why am I doing this, and who am I doing this for?'. (to Monica) So anyway I just didn't know where to go, and I know that you and I have kinda drifted apart, but you're the only person I knew who lived here in the city.0-
  

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01) the laughter is because the interuption comes just at the exciting part. It's not real laughter - it's known as 'canned laughter' that the producers add to stress parts that are supposed to be funny. Often they're not funny at all.

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  • 01) the laughter is because the interuption comes just at the exciting part.
  • It's not real laughter - it's known as 'canned laughter' that the producers add to stress parts that are supposed to be funny.
  • Often they're not funny at all.
  • 02br 02br 004) Mr Potato head is a children's toy/cartoon.
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01) the laughter is because the interuption comes just at the exciting part. It's not real laughter - it's known as 'canned laughter' that the producers add to stress parts that are supposed to be funny. Often they're not funny at all. 02br
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002) 'turned on' means get excited - usually sexually.02br
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003) "That's when it hit me" is an idiom mean
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0Hi Tidus, thanks a lot for your help. The picture is great and funny! 02br
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00BTW, why gravy boat turned on Rachel 01font01b00sexually02b02font00?01blockquote
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00Come on, are you telling me that females where you live do not get sexually excited by gravy boats? That's hard to believe.05002br
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01font00I realized that I was more 01b00turned on02b00 by this gravy boat than by Barry!02font02br
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0Hi Clive, 02br
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00I know it is a irony remark. But I understand gravy boats are just utensils used in kitchen for hold soy sauce, how does it make females get sexually excited in any degree? Does this have anything to do with some culture or history or just the shape of gravy boats (looking like something of a male 05000)? I totally have no idea about what gravy b
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0Hi,02br
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00It's just a joke. There is nothing sexually exciting about a gravy boat.02br
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00It's like saying that a brick has more intelligence than Tom. What this really means is that Tom has absolutely no intelligence.02br
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00Clive0-
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(Q: Why there was laughter in the background after Rachel said this line?)
The reason they laughed when she asked if it was "Sweet 'n Low" was because it is a very silly thing to stress about when you have just run away from your own wedding!
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AnonymousHope this helps
I doubt it. The question was asked over eight years ago.
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Rachel was explaning to them she realized that the gravy boat got her attention and excited her more than the wedding of her ownself and there is no hear of her soon to be husband on her mind
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