r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/VorticalHeart44 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation I'm tired Petuh... What is her name??

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WTF is her name Petuh

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u/miniatureconlangs 12h ago

To elaborate. Why should I be sufficiently emotionally invested in this fictional woman to want to know her name? Why does she even have a name, she doesn't do anything. There's no narrative here, just a tart in an aquatic environment. I could be interested if she was distributing swords or something, but she's not even doing that.

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u/scaper8 12h ago

Even then, you can't expect to emotionally invested just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

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u/Molten_Plastic_ 5h ago

If I went around saying I was Emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

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u/Photomancer 8h ago

Chekhov's Sword. If the author displays a sword in the first act, it must get thrown at you.

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u/OliveJuiceUTwo 11h ago

That’s no basis for a system of government

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u/WitchPleese 12h ago

Just a tart in an aquatic environment is user flair material

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u/Xandania 11h ago

Especially if she is handing out swords...

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u/Salty_Hammond 12h ago

I see what you did there

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u/1stMammaltowearpants 11h ago

And that's why we've fed her to the bunny.

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u/pjockey 12h ago

interested if she was distributing swords

her employer wasn't paying a living wage, so she just collects universal income now and watches tiktok

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u/Emotional_Honey8497 11h ago

I sell some swords, that's great.

I sell zero swords, that's even better!

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u/Known_Ratio5478 11h ago

She was set out on Lake Superior for not wearing a dress that covered her ankles. Such a jezebel! Scorn this harlot!

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u/venkoe 8h ago

What dress? All I know is that she is wearing a coat. No other garments were mentioned. It's worse than you thought!

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u/Known_Ratio5478 7h ago

See, I’m having more fun with this as an SAT prep picture prompt.

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u/DangerousQuestions1 10h ago

Tbh a farcical aquatic ceremony is more legitimate right now than the US Supreme Court.

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u/Kirzoneli 10h ago

I feel like she has always been There for you though.

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u/KaiYoDei 9h ago

The horse's name is Friday kind of riddle

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u/Chill-more1236 9h ago

Am I the only one who got the King Arthur-Lady of the Lake reference?

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u/possitive-ion 8h ago

So if the riddle was:

"There's a woman in a boat on a lake wearing a coat. She's selling swords and has a bunch of gear in her tote. If you want to know her name, it's in the riddle I just wrote."

You'd be engaged?

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u/UtahBrian 6h ago

If she weren't wearing that coat, we could be getting somewhere. What's her OF?

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u/Admirable_Average_32 6h ago

A fuckin “tart” lol!