Can someone please help me?? Iāve been thinking about this for MONTHS and the more I try to figure it out the more frustrated I get.
WHAT DOES THE LINE āāWell hello my hollow Holofernesā/I wink but you donāt the joke,ā MEAN???
The issue is not that I donāt know who Holofernes is! Heās this guy!

Biblical. Killed by a hot jewish widow for trying to force her people to worship some guy. Totally get it. But that does not???? Make that line make any more sense?
Is it a threat? Are they going to behead him?
Are they saying theyāve already removed his head and found it empty? Hence *Hollow* Holofernes?Ā
Is it a reference to Danteās Purgatorio? Are they saying he has too much pride?
WHO IS THE NEBUCHADNEZZAR IN THIS SITUATION?
I just. I have a lot of questions, and the more I think about this single line the less it makes sense.
Time for a semi-annual update on this post:
Iām SO SURE this is the worldās densest literary dick joke, yall.
I even have secondary sources to back me up on this one! (If pressed Iād say itās specifically a fellatio joke lmao.)
Iāve done enough thinking about this line that it has rewired my brain. I donāt justĀ āthink it might be a dick joke.ā The idea that this is a dick joke is one of my soulās most basic truths.
Joey and Madeleine themselves could approach me irl, look me dead in the eyes and tell me, point blank, that Iām wrong about this, and my only response would beĀ āinteresting theory, but I have to disagree. Guess weāll never know...ā
And you know what? I think thatās really brave of me <3








