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Man rushes to the hospital after waking up blue. (people.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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After some investigation, they determined dye had rubbed off his unwashed bedsheets.

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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you had painted yourself blue you would say "I blued myself" not "I blue myself."

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

JFC..it was a phonetic joke to sound like he said he blew himself. It's a running gag with the character throughout the series. 4 hours and you still don't get it.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude, I get the joke. I blue myself/I painted myself blue = I blew myself/I sucked my own dick. I'm saying it's a badly written joke and it's not funny, a rare miss for the AD writers.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I’m saying it’s a badly written joke and it’s not funny

Which is why it survives and is quoted almost 20 years later.