Talk:That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

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[edit] Cover Art

Do we know where this cover is taken from? Creid8 23:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interpretation of lyrics

I don't think from the lyrics it can be determined that 'the passenger commits murder to “drive the point home.”' I doubt the 'smothering' is meant to be taken as anything more than an angry threat, to indicate how seriously the narrator takes the joke. If indeed the song is about murder and suicide, it would seriously undercut the poignancy of the repeated final lines ("I've seen this happen in other people's lives, and now it's happening in mine."), which I believe refer to the loss of one's sense of humour and inability to laugh at oneself. This subtle self-examination would not be in keeping with the murder/suicide interpretation. Cdeuskar 03:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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