Rachel: Wow! I don’t know if I could ever do that. I always figured the first time I had a baby was with somebody I love and that baby would be a…keeper
Why Rachel's calling a hypothetical baby 'a keeper' is funny?
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According to multiple sources a keeper is simply the one you'd want to keep. Is that it? Why than is that considered being a joke?
ReplyDeleteit's just "funny" that she want to keep it. boy, do you overanalyze!
ReplyDeleteBecause Phoebe will have to give up the babies to her brother and sister-in-law after their born. Rachel says that she would want her baby to be... a keeper. One she gets to keep, rather than give up.
ReplyDeleteBecause Phoebe will have to give up the babies to her brother and sister-in-law after their born. Rachel says that she would want her baby to be... a keeper. One she gets to keep, rather than give up.
ReplyDeleteIt's not funny that she wants to keep it, it's funny the way she said it.
ReplyDelete"A keeper" is usually used to talk about something you might have to try multiple versions of, before getting one you're satisfied with.
Like: multiple takes of a scene, and the director finally says "okay, that's a keeper. let's wrap!"
And actually, 'a keeper' is MOST OFTEN used to refer to someone you're dating. If someone is a 'keeper' it means you're planning to marry them.
It's just an odd thing to say.
Is Rachel implying that people have multiple babies before deciding which one they want to keep?
Is Rachel implying that people marry babies?
No, obviously she isn't, but she's so surprised—and she's so familiar with the world of shopping and dating—that the only phrase she can think of is this super awkward one.