Obviously the title of my original post is merely my own opinion. And there's no point in arguing about opinions on a single joke.
Your opinion is that it's a "bad" joke, and that's great, but beyond that the fact is that this joke is both subtle and layered, as I've explained as per the factual definitions of those words. And that demostrates the line between fact and opinion.
Also, the fact that the title is such hyperbole ought to have given everyone a clue that I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek about it, although just a bit.
You are certainly entitled to defining your own "best joke of all time" - to me the one in Lars still stands, IMO, of course. (For today, that is.)
Do you really think I'm expecting anyone else to agree that my favorite cinematic joke must be his/her favorite also? If so, that's a bizarre train of thought. I couldn't care less if anyone agrees with me on that or not. But I would prefer not to be insulted just because of one of my opinions.
The main reason I posted the original thread was on the off-chance that one of the writers or other creators involved with Lars might drop in for a glance someday, notice my "stupid" title post, and open it to enjoy a bit of appreciation for their sophisticated and entertaining work.
BTW, it's really not a double entendre, because the words of dialogue in this scene don't have any double meanings that would make sense in their context. The characters didn't say anything about a "dummy" in the scene (I don't know if they even mentioned the word in the entire movie.) This joke, as it is, might be a symbolic metaphor or something, but there was no double entendre involved. There must be words (or possibly puns) possessing multiple meanings actually being spoken (or written) for a joke to be a double entendre.
I did not intend "subtle" to describe this joke as "hard to decipher"; I was using it in the sense of "understated; indirect". Although both are valid meanings, among others.
Also, you might want to check up on the true meaning of "irony"; I am aware of its current colloquial use (which doesn't really apply here either), but the only official meaning of "irony" is different than the one you employed.
I still don't see why you have such a bee in your bonnet about this. Just let my opinion be mine, and your opinion be yours. If you're still bothered because I made a joke from your username, well then, I apologize: I'm sorry and I won't do it again.
(P.S. I don't need to do anything to make myself "feel" smart. I know exactly how smart I am, and I thoroughly enjoy working with people who are much smarter than I.)
(P.P.S. I don't understand how the school board joke qualifies as a "non sequitur". It isn't one of those, either.)
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