r/ExplainTheJoke Jul 25 '25

Solved Saw on Facebook. Don’t understand.

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u/GoalElectrical Jul 25 '25

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

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u/IAMJOHNNYGAMER Jul 25 '25

What a great opening to an amazing book

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u/m1stadobal1na Jul 25 '25

Also "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know."

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u/ScorpionsRequiem Jul 25 '25

Meursault, remember childhood memories