[bagster]

You get to go to JAIL. You get to go to JAIL. You get to go to JAIL. You get to go to JAIL. You ALL get to go to JAIL.

As a troll, Q needs work.

Oprah's "You get a new car" = five syllables.

Q's "You get to go to jail" = six syllables.

It's the "get to" that kills it. Too cumbersome. It needs to be snappy like Oprah's. Better to go less syllables than more, in this case. Either, "You get jail" or better,

You get thrown in jail"<

I know this might seem like a small thing to you guys, but over time, it's very important. Every word matters. I know these things.

The Riddler = Q

The Joker = Bagster

#HumblegunnerKnows

Bagster

[little jeremiah]

“You get a new car” and “You get to go to jail” have the same number of feet as in poetry, though. Say them both out loud in a rhymthmic manner and they have the same number of beats.

[pa_dweller]

Ahem.

Better to go less fewer syllables than more...

#pedanticmuch?

[reasonisfaith]

There is truth in what you say, bagster. But I think Q did something masterfully poetic. When you break it down into two parts, each part accomplishes your goal:

1. you get to

2. go to jail

It’s both poetic and musical. The poetry is in the stark contrast between promise in the first part and punishment in the second. The music is in the ricochet rhythm between “you-get-to” and “go-to-jail.”