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Describe The Hearing Symptoms Simpsons Pun Meme

This is a two-panel pun meme depicting a standard hearing examination. In the first panel, an older patient tells his doctor he is having problems with his hearing, and the doctor asks him to describe his symptoms. In the second panel, the patient responds by saying 'Marge has blue hair and Homer is a fat guy', referencing popular descriptions of the main characters from *The Simpsons*. The joke relies on wordplay: the pun between 'symptoms' (of the hearing problem) and 'symptoms' / describing the Simpsons characters that sounds similar when spoken, creating a corny, funny joke.
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I'm having problems with my hearing.
Can you describe the symptoms?
Marge has blue hair and Homer is a fat guy.

Overview

This is a two-panel pun meme depicting a standard hearing examination. In the first panel, an older patient tells his doctor he is having problems with his hearing, and the doctor asks him to describe his symptoms. In the second panel, the patient responds by saying 'Marge has blue hair and Homer is a fat guy', referencing popular descriptions of the main characters from The Simpsons. The joke relies on wordplay: the pun between 'symptoms' (of the hearing problem) and 'symptoms' / describing the Simpsons characters that sounds similar when spoken, creating a corny, funny joke.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as a viral joke meme, as noted by the source tag. It uses a stock photograph of a medical hearing exam, with custom speech bubbles added to create the pun joke, and circulates widely across Reddit and other social media platforms.

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