In Sweeney Todd, there is a song about cannibalism. I can appreciate all of the jokes, but the grocer joke perplexes me some:
TODD:
Is that squire,
On the fire?
LOVETT:
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You'll notice it's grocer!
TODD:
Looks thicker,
More like vicar!
LOVETT:
No, it has to be grocer --
It's green!
I’m aware of a “green grocer” in 21st-century lingo, but it obviously isn’t the same for Victorian times. So what is the joke in the grocer being green?
2006-08-16
04:55:55
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Rev Kev
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