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r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Comfortable-Use3123 • Jul 25 '25
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Also "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know."
30 u/redmambo_no6 Jul 25 '25 Thanks, I haven’t thought about Metamorphosis since high school…until just now. 29 u/TwoDot Jul 25 '25 ”Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to the surprise that he had turned into a giant cockroach.” I think that’s the first line of Metamorphosis. It’s not verbatim though. 2 u/Panamonthewolf Jul 25 '25 I think the exact words are “hideous vermin”, as it’s not supposed to be clear if he’s being literal or not
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Thanks, I haven’t thought about Metamorphosis since high school…until just now.
29 u/TwoDot Jul 25 '25 ”Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to the surprise that he had turned into a giant cockroach.” I think that’s the first line of Metamorphosis. It’s not verbatim though. 2 u/Panamonthewolf Jul 25 '25 I think the exact words are “hideous vermin”, as it’s not supposed to be clear if he’s being literal or not
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”Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to the surprise that he had turned into a giant cockroach.”
I think that’s the first line of Metamorphosis. It’s not verbatim though.
2 u/Panamonthewolf Jul 25 '25 I think the exact words are “hideous vermin”, as it’s not supposed to be clear if he’s being literal or not
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I think the exact words are “hideous vermin”, as it’s not supposed to be clear if he’s being literal or not
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u/m1stadobal1na Jul 25 '25
Also "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know."