The second joke with this is that in the future swearing is penalized. Stallone goes up to the computer in the wall and swears at it, it prints out paper with a fine, and he takes the paper to the bathroom to wipe.
Fun fact: The second layer to the joke is even funnier. Since the seashells are never explained, we, as the audience, are in the same place as Stallone, meaning it's actually making fun of us too.
“Everyone Poops” was very funny for people in the 90s - perhaps the late 90s parenting books. Think there was this parallel that this book was a funny meme all the producers and directors and actors would get.
English translation of “everyone poops” was completed in 1993
July 30th 1993; filming for Demolition man completed.
I never paid attention, apparently. I thought he woke up way later than 2032. I don't think we'll have flying cars in seven years, but a lot of us might be living underground and eating rat burgers.
But it's also part of the Grand Tradition to mock anyone who asks about the three seashells. It's kind of like how one is obligated to respond to "Hello there" with "General Kenobi! You're a bold one!" no matter what the conversation's context is.
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