where else could it be
Asked where the beer came from, someone answers Wyoming and adds Where else? as if the question were silly.
- Where'd you get the beer? - Wyoming. Where else?SLC Punk · 1998 — 第 6 / 10 章 · 2'21" · B2
Choice B Is Wyoming, Explained：Where else?
Someone asks where the beer came from and hears Wyoming. The talk then covers weak supermarket beer, all of three liquor stores, rotten hours, and a teller who has a squad car follow them home. "Wyoming. Where else?" is not a joke about geography. It is what remains after Salt Lake itself is ruled out.
あらすじ
In Salt Lake someone asks where the beer came from and gets Wyoming. Supermarket beer in Utah is weak, only three state stores sell the real thing, and their hours are awful. The teller is called a cop who sends a squad car to follow them home. After that the fight is with rednecks, not the law, and Wyoming is the only choice left for real beer.
注目の表現
Where else?on your handsall of threeThird leg
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このシーンの表現
Where else?
where else could it be
Asked where the beer came from, someone answers Wyoming and adds Where else? as if the question were silly.
You want decent tacos at midnight? The truck on Fifth. Where else?
このシーンの他の表現
- on your hands
stuck dealing with someone
- all of three
only three, said sarcastically
- Third leg
crude slang for a penis
- fucking
the same line repeated with fucking inserted: no new fact, only fear and hate
- in and of itself
by itself, with nothing added
このシーンのメモ一覧
35 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ
Let where'd swallow did, and do not pause before you.
- Where'd you get the beer? - Wyoming. Where else?double the number
You know a drunk's just gonna drink twice as many beers to get drunk.stuck dealing with someone
The weak-beer rant uses on your hands for a drunk you cannot get rid of, not a glass you are holding.
So not only do you have a drunk on your hands...negative inversion: Not only pulls the verb forward so the trouble feels unfinished.
So not only do you have a drunk on your hands...nothing is worse than that
There's nothing worse. So if you want real beer, you have two choices: A, the state-run liquor store.only three, said sarcastically
All of three is delivered as a citywide total, and the tone says that number is a joke.
There are all of three stores in Salt Lake City to buy it.Stress suck, then start the next word fresh.
And their hours suck. Oppression.is awful — Fine for complaining to friends; skip it in formal writing.
And their hours suck. Oppression.anywhere but private clubs
Also, these were the only places to buy any alcohol outside of private clubs.crude term for a penis — Only as a crude joke with close friends.
- The long man? - Third leg material?this next bit is the worst
Here's where they kept it. And here's the worst part.more than that job title
See, this teller is not just a teller.In a quick pass, not just a wants to stick together.
See, this teller is not just a teller.crude intensifier — It cranks up anger; never use it formally.
He's a cop. This guy right there, he's a fucking cop.informal word for police — Everyday speech; write police in official text.
He's a cop. This guy right there, he's a fucking cop.Keep the end of callin' short and glide into a.
So we buy a beer, and this guy's callin' a squad car to follow us home.a single glance is enough
'Cause one look at us, and he knows, "Gosh, those guys are gonna be trouble. "going to cause trouble
'Cause one look at us, and he knows, "Gosh, those guys are gonna be trouble. "this one time
On this occasion, we had done absolutely nothing wrong.the rules fight each other
I uncovered a lot of contradictions in the system...relative clause: The that-clause limits nothing: no rule had told the narrator this.
but I had found nothing that told me looking suspicious...by itself, with nothing added
In and of itself closes a mock-legal speech: looking suspicious, alone, is not a crime.
was a crime in and of itself.a chance, or one drink often a chance, or one drink at this counter; There you go may be a yes or a handoff
Come on. Just give me a shot.a yes, or handing it over
- Okay? - There you go! Come on.insult for rural whites — An insult; do not say it to someone's face.
But this was not about the law. This was about rednecks.who could blame them who could blame them, not whose fault
So the battle continued. Who's to blame 'em?Leave 'em short and weak instead of a full them.
So the battle continued. Who's to blame 'em?enemies to the death
The cops were rednecks, our mortal enemies...people faking a scene — Scene talk for fakes; it does not belong in formal writing.
worse than mods, rockers or posers.took the hits that came
Took our beatings means the hits were taken when there was a chance, hard and like owning the loss, not a plea for sympathy.
So we took our beatings when we could.relative clause: The clause equates that whole world with Utah policy, which is the sneer.
But in this complex world of fascism that was Utah state policy...「Choice B Is Wyoming」を読み解く
What's really going on
Supermarket beer in Utah is so weak that a drunk drinks twice as many and ends up "fat and gross." Real beer means the state store, and "There are all of three stores in Salt Lake City to buy it," with hours that ruin the errand. The teller is the snag: "not just a teller" but "a cop," and buying a beer gets a squad car sent to follow them home, because one look means they will "be trouble." They had "done absolutely nothing wrong," and looking suspicious is not "a crime in and of itself." That defense does not hold. "But this was not about the law. This was about rednecks." The cops are "mortal enemies," worse than mods, rockers, or posers, so "we took our beatings when we could." "Choice B, Wyoming" is the exit, not a preference.
Theme
SatireWeak beer, "all of three" stores, and a teller who sends a squad car make a beer run a joke about the rules.
JusticeLooking suspicious is not "a crime in and of itself," but a squad car still follows them and the beatings still land.
発音のポイント
- Where'd you — Let where'd swallow did, and do not pause before you.
- hours suck — Stress suck, then start the next word fresh.
- not just a — In a quick pass, not just a wants to stick together.
- callin' a — Keep the end of callin' short and glide into a.
- Where'd you get the beer? - Wyoming. Where else?The beer is from Wyoming because that is the only place left. "Where else?" shuts the question instead of listing options.
You know a drunk's just gonna drink twice as many beers to get drunk.Weak supermarket beer does not stop the drinking. It just doubles the cans, and the drunk is still a drunk.
There are all of three stores in Salt Lake City to buy it.Salt Lake has exactly three stores for real beer, and the phrasing sneers at how few that is.
He's a cop. This guy right there, he's a fucking cop.Same claim twice: the man at the counter is a cop. The swear word adds no new fact, only fear and hate.
But this was not about the law. This was about rednecks.The squad car is not a legal point to win. It belongs to a grudge, and the rednecks are the cops.
So we took our beatings when we could.They do not dodge the fight. When a beating is there, they take it, because the battle with the cops has not stopped.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the beer come from Wyoming?
Supermarket beer in Utah is weak, so getting drunk takes twice as many and leaves someone fat and gross. Real beer is only at the state store, all of three in Salt Lake, with miserable hours, and the teller calls a squad car after a purchase. The only option left for real beer is Choice B, Wyoming.
Why is the liquor-store teller called a cop?
He is not just a cashier taking the money. Once they buy a beer he calls a squad car to follow them home, because one look is enough for him to decide they are going to be trouble. That is why he is treated as a cop.
Why are three liquor stores called oppression?
The whole city has all of three stores for real beer, their hours are awful, and outside private clubs those stores are the only place to buy any alcohol. That shortage is what gets called oppression.
Is looking suspicious a crime in this scene?
No. They looked suspicious and are not called innocent, but on this occasion they had done absolutely nothing wrong. Nothing they found made looking suspicious a crime in and of itself, and the follow-up says this was not about the law.
Why do they take the beatings?
The cops are called rednecks and mortal enemies, worse than mods, rockers, or posers. The battle is still going, so when a beating can be taken, they take it.
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