Dylan Moran

The setup points the reader toward 'Did you know ‘er?” I always say: “Yes, yes, I did…” “But then again everybody did.”', then the trigger 'But that’s a particular kind of American obviously.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But… Arnold Schwarzenegger… is the Governor of California. There’s a perfectly ordinary English sentence. How did tha...', then the trigger 'Do you know how that happened?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s why you find yourself as a forty-five year old', then the trigger 'person on the street shouting.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But Jesus isn’t a very good role model for children, I don’t think.', then the trigger 'You know, they’d be far better of with somebody who’s less whiny.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Drink everything you have. And they never know when to go. They’re not sophisticated.', then the trigger 'They sit there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Which is why it’s not a great religion. All great religions are built on shame.', then the trigger 'You don’t have any of that if you’re protestant.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You know, we were talking about the driving lessons, there are guys talking in pubs about machines and cars.', then the trigger 'There’s a whole culture of that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'The spirit is the thing you’ve got to master.', then the trigger 'If you are going to have an afterlife why not just have a physical afterlife?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And you realize this is the person for you. And then… and then the cage comes down!', then the trigger 'And your mother jumps from the wardrobe!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’ve remembered what it is again but I’ve also forgotten.', then the trigger 'And that’s really what adulthood is like most of the time.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '’cause the fact is, you prop yourself up with your compulsions all the time. I’m…I’m quite a compulsive person.', then the trigger 'I only worked this out recently.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And it’s lit by candlelight and you climb the stairs… to that person’s room.', then the trigger 'They’ve been to yours and now you’re going to theirs.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Are you gonna do that thing again…” “with the bread when you put it in the', then the trigger 'box and burn it?” “Whose trousers are these?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You have one – confirm that it’s awful. Ah, it’s got stones and things in it. What is the point?', then the trigger 'What was I saying?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Really the fact is you’re not an adult at all,… you’re just a tall child holding', then the trigger 'a beer… having a conversation you don’t understand.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Denying their vitality. That’s not the way we should age. You should be as alive as can until you’re totally dead.', then the trigger 'In all respects.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Traditionally women have been attracted to uniforms. So it’s not difficult to know what women want.', then the trigger 'Fascists – that’s really what they’re all after.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You’re the man! (Heckle) That’s right. (heckle) Thank you for sharing. Now… – Tell us a story! (heckle) What’s that?', then the trigger '– Tell us a story!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'from the moon?” “How about an extra bread roll there to dip in your otter vomit pate?”', then the trigger 'And you go: – “Red or white wine?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You don’t…you don’t wanna go there. You’ve got everything here. You’re not gonna realize your dreams somewhere else.', then the trigger 'You can do it all here.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'People change, they get behind the wheel of those things.', then the trigger 'They lose the ability to distinguish between an empty packet of crisps and your children.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But it is difficult. It is of course… the people who…who…who love you, who know you… who can wound you.', then the trigger 'That is the terrible vulnerability.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Well you know what? So is everything else. Including sex, coffee and conversation. And the conversations are totally...', then the trigger 'You’re sophisticated people.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'People audibly crackling as they walk pass you on the street. That’s why they all barbecue.', then the trigger 'You don’t need to cook somewhere like that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But people have this idea that it’s… that it’s still the promised land.', then the trigger 'You know, somewhere like California where everything is fruitful and abundant.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Why would you go? It’s a disgusting place. It’s always wet even when it`s dry… There’s nothing there. Farmers aren’t...', then the trigger 'You know this.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Because it’s difficult obviously…the coffee’s on one side of the street, you have to get your newspaper from the other.', then the trigger 'It’s tough, I know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And offer you the local thing. “You must try the local stuff.” Don’t eat it! You know why it’s local?', then the trigger 'That’s why it’s local.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They think: “you know we should…I don’t know… go to the country… somewhere…’Somewhere Shire'”. It’s a very bad idea.', then the trigger 'I…I…I grew up in the country.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It sounds like it’s coming through your !+$%$!# forehead!” “I haven’t slept in 35 years!” “Do you', then the trigger 'have any idea how fat you actually are?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is imitation.

The setup points the reader toward 'You know, and an Irish face always looks like it’s been told two very important', then the trigger 'pieces of information at the same time.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And… but that’s what holiday photos are, aren’t they? You go away, you come back,… you say: “Look!', then the trigger 'It’s…” You show your friends: – “Look!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Come on, we’ll both try them at once…” “and see who wins.” It’s just… much more emotional at all times.', then the trigger 'For no real reason.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Especially heavy things. Even a five-year-old child knows this. They go: “Huh? I gonna put a Lego up my arse.', then the trigger 'I’m not doing that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And this…interestingly, this was the kind of male favoured by women for what was called in the study ‘brief relations...', then the trigger 'What the *!%* is that?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But you have to know somebody very well to be able to say: “I hate the way', then the trigger 'you breathe.” “Why do you breathe like that?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'There’s a what on? I’m not dressed.” “What is it? “you want to what? You need…you need a…what?” “What is…?', then the trigger 'It’s all over, is it?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'With a cigarillo pointing out of the corner of her mouth… and you kill her with a trowel.', then the trigger 'Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'But then I realized, you know, it wouldn’t even have to be the wrong name.', then the trigger 'Somebody could just say your name in the wrong way.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Really what they’re saying to one another is:', then the trigger '“The race must continue!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Surely you should sort the spirit out now while you’re here.', then the trigger 'This spirit is what is challenged, the spirit is what suffers all the knocks.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '– “Do you want another drink?” – “I would. I’d love another drink. That’d be great. That’d be grand.', then the trigger 'Thank you.” They do you.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Listen, the thing is… you will get to a certain point in your lives. You get older, you know.', then the trigger 'You may have read about it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You see what happens is children are actually very sophisticated.', then the trigger 'They sleep in your bed for a reason.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Where actually…you know each other… you know you', then the trigger 'want to be together.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.