You can prick your finger, just don't finger your prick.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Carlin offers crude wordplay about pricking fingers versus fingers pricks.
- In plain terms
- Don't do something offensive even if small things are fine.
- What can you take from it?
- Wordplay can hide deeper advice about manners or boundaries.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle rudeness?
- Is vulgarity necessary for comedy?
Another view
The joke relies on vulgarity to make a point.
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