A strange fridge magnet.

[baratron]

The other day, my mum bought me a fridge magnet which reads "I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe". Both of my parents find it absolutely hilarious. But I don't understand it. Can anyone help?

Comments

[mathochist.livejournal.com]

I think it's funny because of the dual meaning of "parallel". It refers at the same time to parallel parking and a parallel universe. So the "I don't fit in / I feel like an alien" image is even stronger. I both stick out as if I'm parked wrong, and I'm in the entire wrong universe.

[jaxom.livejournal.com]

Ypu, with you on that one.

I must admit, I smirked when I read it, purely because of the pun.

You could probably have substituted anything after the parallel - though 'diagonally parked in an otherwise parallel row of cars' wouldn't have fitted quite so well.