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Trasmatta on Jan 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Eyes Have It (1953)

The book isn't about aliens, it's an entirely normal book. The main character just interprets every phrase relating to a body part literally, and thinks it's talking about aliens. It's just a humorous short story, not a whole lot to it beyond that.

anonymous_i on Jan 20, 2022 [–]

Thank you.

I went back and read the italicized lines only. I got the joke now.

squeaky-clean on Jan 20, 2022 | [–]

Don't forget to reread the punchline in the last sentence too ;)

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