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* Maybe I'm missing something, but this piece of dialogue in "Krusty Love" makes no sense to me:
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* Maybe I'm missing something, but this This piece of dialogue in "Krusty Love" makes no sense to me:
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** I'm a little confused about what you're not getting, but to break it down: Mr. Krabs assumes that Puff is Mrs. Puff's husband's name because in the USA the wife traditionally takes on the surname of the husband. When [=Spongebob=] says, "Oh no, she's single" Mr. Krabs asks about Mr. Puff because he's confused on how a ''Mrs.'' is single; if she was Ms. Puff he would have just taken "she's single" for granted. He just doesn't know if she's separated from her husband, divorced, a widow, or what. [=SpongeBob=] also said "she's single" instead of "she's a widow" because he might not know, himself, what happened to Mr. Puff since Mrs. Puff "doesn't like to talk about it." Additionally, he knew that Mr. Krabs wanted to date her, so he responded that way to convey that Mrs. Puff is unattached and available (what "single" means in a dating context,) while calling someone a widow has a different connotation.
** (Original Poster) What I didn't get is why [=SpongeBob=] would say that Mrs. Puff is single when it's obvious that she's been married at some point in her life. In my country, being single means one person has never been married. Otherwise, this person is married, in a civil union, divorced, or a widow/ widower. By the above explanation, I understand he was encouraging Mr. Krabs to ask her for a date but still sounds weird to me. Here we would never call "single" a divorced or widow lady unless we wanted to deliberately lie about her status.
** (Original Poster) What I didn't get is why [=SpongeBob=] would say that Mrs. Puff is single when it's obvious that she's been married at some point in her life. In my country, being single means one person has never been married. Otherwise, this person is married, in a civil union, divorced, or a widow/ widower. By the above explanation, I understand he was encouraging Mr. Krabs to ask her for a date but still sounds weird to me. Here we would never call "single" a divorced or widow lady unless we wanted to deliberately lie about her status.
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** I'm a little confused about what you're not getting, but to break Break it down: Mr. Krabs assumes that Puff is Mrs. Puff's husband's name because in the USA the wife traditionally takes on the surname of the husband. When [=Spongebob=] says, "Oh no, she's single" Mr. Krabs asks about Mr. Puff because he's confused on how a ''Mrs.'' is single; if she was Ms. Puff he would have just taken "she's single" for granted. He just doesn't know if she's separated from her husband, divorced, a widow, or what. [=SpongeBob=] also said "she's single" instead of "she's a widow" because he might not know, himself, what happened to Mr. Puff since Mrs. Puff "doesn't like to talk about it." Additionally, he knew that Mr. Krabs wanted to date her, so he responded that way to convey that Mrs. Puff is unattached and available (what "single" means in a dating context,) while calling someone a widow has a different connotation.
**(Original Poster) What I didn't get is But why [=SpongeBob=] would say that Mrs. Puff is single when it's obvious that she's been married at some point in her life. In my country, being single means one person has never been married. Otherwise, this person is married, in a civil union, divorced, or a widow/ widower. By the above explanation, I understand he was encouraging Mr. Krabs to ask her for a date but still sounds weird to me. Here we would never call "single" a divorced or widow lady unless we wanted to deliberately lie about her status.
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*** Presumably Squidward.
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*** The answer is exactly the same. Widows in the U.S. do not typically change their courtesy titles upon the death of their husbands. They certainly have that option, but traditionally they keep the title "Mrs", to honor their deceased husband. They might use "Mrs" and her own name. Or she might even use "Mrs" and the husband's full name, well after his death. It's considered old-school and traditional but it's definitely not odd or an indication of denial.
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*** You misunderstand. I'm not asking why she didn't reclaim her maiden name. I asked why she doesn't go by "Ms. Puff".
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** Again, this show was written from a U.S. perspective. In the U.S. it is not odd at all for a widow to keep her deceased husband's name. Just because he's dead doesn't erase him from memory. Going a step further a lot of women keep their married names even after divorce and that's not considered strange either. They do this because their husband's name might carry weight in some circles, they don't want to confuse their children, or they just don't want the hassle of changing their name.
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*** Regardless if it would be funny or not, [=SpongeBob=] wanted an answer. Maybe the gorilla said "You see the thing is that there's also a squirrel in my bag."
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**** It would ruin the joke, which is that there's no rational explanation for the gorilla and his horse-giraffe thing to be underwater.
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** Maybe [=SB=] could've confessed?
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*** But at least the gorilla would answer [=SB=]'s question.
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*** Regardless, why did he want to hid a lady's car keys?
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*** Regardless, why did he want to hid hide a lady's car keys?
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* Why would [=SpongeBob=] bubble Gary while he was sleeping?
** What episode was that?
*** In "Rodeo Daze".
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*** In "Rodeo Daze".
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* Why would [=SpongeBob=] bubble Gary while he was sleeping?
** What episode was that?
*** Insleeping in "Rodeo Daze".Daze"?
** What episode was that?
*** In
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**** Bubble Bass is a massive glutton, almost as much as Patrick.
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*** Regardless, why did he want to hid a lady's car keys?
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** Or Patrick is a magician.
*** In "Rodeo Daze".
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* When hearing [=SpongeBob=] ask "What's a gorilla doing underwater in the first place?", the gorilla explains "Uh, well, it, uh... It's funny, you should... I mean, you see, the..." before telling George that "they're onto them". Couldn't Gorilla take his time to explain clearly to [=SB=].
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* When hearing [=SpongeBob=] ask "What's a gorilla doing underwater in the first place?", the gorilla explains "Uh, well, it, uh... It's funny, you should... I mean, you see, the..." before telling George that "they're onto them". Couldn't Gorilla the gorilla take his time to explain clearly to [=SB=].
