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Meaning
The joke turns a familiar fortune-telling cliché into a twist about gender expectations. It plays on the contrast between what the psychic predicts and the unexpected reality of the person described.
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Source
(p. 57)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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Wikiquote cites the quote to page 57.
About Nicole Hollander
American cartoonist and writer
Nicole Marilyn Hollander is an American cartoonist and writer, known for her daily comic strip Sylvia. The strip was syndicated to newspapers across the United States by Tribune Media Services. Hollander built her reputation through Sylvia, which brought her work into a national newspaper audience. Her career centers on cartooning and writing, with Sylvia as the main work associated with her name.
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