Posted by Peter Ceresole on August 04, 2009 at 10:36:17 user PeterC.
In Reply to: The Ruthless Amazons posted by ACB on August 04, 2009 at 09:21:32:
To me, a part of the humour of the situation is that she does not - she says it with a poker face, which seems "right" for her character.
I agree. I never felt that she really got the joke. It was a piece of adult word play that meant little to her; that was the impression I had.
But this was possibly because I first read it when I was eight or so, and I don't think I got it either. I understood it, but it was a few years before I found it funny.