#xkcd 3237

[todays-xkcd]

Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.

Husband and Wife [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Megan & Cueball talk.]

Megan: I still feel a little weird saying the phrase “my husband”. Megan: It makes me feel so traditional, like a Victorian gossip.

Cueball: Yeah, well, my plight isn’t much better. Megan: What do you mean? Cueball: What’s the most salient cultural reference for the phrase “my wife”?

[Cueball has his hands raised.] Megan: Ughhhh, true. Cueball: Even now, after two decades, when I speak of you I hear his voice, echoing through the halls of memory like a cringy ghost.