What's the connection between “kicking a pigeon” and “how a bill becomes a law”?
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American television sitcom - Friends
A: That man across the street just kicked that pigeon.
B: And basically, that's how a bill becomes a law. (Along with audience laughing)
I looked up "kick pigeon" and "bill becomes law", found nothing.
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American television sitcom - Friends
A: That man across the street just kicked that pigeon.
B: And basically, that's how a bill becomes a law. (Along with audience laughing)
I looked up "kick pigeon" and "bill becomes law", found nothing.
meaning-in-context
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Good question. I found the episode script and read the whole scene. It's clearly meant to be a joke - and Friends had a lot of corny jokes - but I don't get it. I haven't seen the episode, so maybe there's some crucial visual context missing. My best guess is that Chandler is referring to his "rule" about waiting to call women after a date, but I don't get the pigeon connection either.
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May 27 at 4:42
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American television sitcom - Friends
A: That man across the street just kicked that pigeon.
B: And basically, that's how a bill becomes a law. (Along with audience laughing)
I looked up "kick pigeon" and "bill becomes law", found nothing.
meaning-in-context
American television sitcom - Friends
A: That man across the street just kicked that pigeon.
B: And basically, that's how a bill becomes a law. (Along with audience laughing)
I looked up "kick pigeon" and "bill becomes law", found nothing.
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Good question. I found the episode script and read the whole scene. It's clearly meant to be a joke - and Friends had a lot of corny jokes - but I don't get it. I haven't seen the episode, so maybe there's some crucial visual context missing. My best guess is that Chandler is referring to his "rule" about waiting to call women after a date, but I don't get the pigeon connection either.
– TypeIA
May 27 at 4:42
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Good question. I found the episode script and read the whole scene. It's clearly meant to be a joke - and Friends had a lot of corny jokes - but I don't get it. I haven't seen the episode, so maybe there's some crucial visual context missing. My best guess is that Chandler is referring to his "rule" about waiting to call women after a date, but I don't get the pigeon connection either.
– TypeIA
May 27 at 4:42
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Good question. I found the episode script and read the whole scene. It's clearly meant to be a joke - and Friends had a lot of corny jokes - but I don't get it. I haven't seen the episode, so maybe there's some crucial visual context missing. My best guess is that Chandler is referring to his "rule" about waiting to call women after a date, but I don't get the pigeon connection either.
– TypeIA
May 27 at 4:42
Good question. I found the episode script and read the whole scene. It's clearly meant to be a joke - and Friends had a lot of corny jokes - but I don't get it. I haven't seen the episode, so maybe there's some crucial visual context missing. My best guess is that Chandler is referring to his "rule" about waiting to call women after a date, but I don't get the pigeon connection either.
– TypeIA
May 27 at 4:42
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There is no connection. They are talking about Rachel and then she walks in, so Chandler pretends to be continuing a conversation about something totally different. (from a comment by Minty)
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And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
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There is no connection. They are talking about Rachel and then she walks in, so Chandler pretends to be continuing a conversation about something totally different. (from a comment by Minty)
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And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
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There is no connection. They are talking about Rachel and then she walks in, so Chandler pretends to be continuing a conversation about something totally different. (from a comment by Minty)
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And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
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There is no connection. They are talking about Rachel and then she walks in, so Chandler pretends to be continuing a conversation about something totally different. (from a comment by Minty)
There is no connection. They are talking about Rachel and then she walks in, so Chandler pretends to be continuing a conversation about something totally different. (from a comment by Minty)
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And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
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And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
– only_pro
May 28 at 16:36
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And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
– only_pro
May 28 at 16:36
And it's funny because the process of how a bill becomes a law is not something the friends would usually talk about. It's a very mundane thing to choose to cover up a prior conversation, which is funny.
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Good question. I found the episode script and read the whole scene. It's clearly meant to be a joke - and Friends had a lot of corny jokes - but I don't get it. I haven't seen the episode, so maybe there's some crucial visual context missing. My best guess is that Chandler is referring to his "rule" about waiting to call women after a date, but I don't get the pigeon connection either.
– TypeIA
May 27 at 4:42