I'm sorry--I thought you would recognize the cultural cliche. You're supposed to say "The SHADOW do!"


That's what happens when humor gets rarified by the passage of time, and too few remain who recognize the referents. All of a sudden the joke isn't funny anymore!!

There was a time when even the phrase "A traveling salesman..." would bring a laugh. Now, likely as not someone will ask, "what's that??".


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