Tondeleo: Some humour is universal. Some humour, you only THINK is universal. Like the variations on "you are what you eat," which I thought was universal.
I was eating with Doc and Marilyn and Big Dave one night and I commented that "you are what you eat." And then I said, "So Marilyn, you must eat a lot of bratwurst."
Marilyn: Why would I eat a lot of bratwurst, Tondy? I ain't even know what it is..."
Doc: Marilyn aint no brat. Where you get off talkin' like that at my table, boy?
Marilyn: Yeah, Tondy!
Tondeleo: No, it's a joke, Marilyn. Like, you are what you eat. So you must eat a lot of BRATwurst, because you are the WORST BRAT...
Marilyn: A-w-w-w... Tondy. That was mean. I can be mean too. YOU'RE a Brit. You eat Britwurst, then.
Doc: No, I get it, Tondy. It's like, you must eat a lot of chicken, right? Cause you's scared of everything. That means you eat a lot of chicken. You're a chicken.
Tondeleo: Well, that's the idea, Doc. At least you get it.
Thirty seconds of awkward silence passes.
Big Dave, talking with his mouth full: My boss must eat a lot of skunk monkey.
Tondeleo: Uh... yeah, sure, Big Dave. (I am NOT going to argue with Big Dave about anything. He scares me.)
Marilyn: And Uncle Doc eats a lot of barbecue!
Tondelo: And why is THAT, Marilyn?
Marilyn: Because Uncle Doc LIKES barbecue a lot! So he EATS a lot of it!
What can I say?