The Water That Became Beer

OK, so at the end of- What are you drinking there? A lovely can of water? It's lovely. I mean, it's... but it's so watery. I'd say: ‘Cheers!’

On a British panel show, a suited host questions Sean Lock about a can of water. Sean pours it into a glass, revealing that the supposedly watery drink is actually beer, then raises it for a toast while a woman laughs. The joke comes from the deadpan “water” label and the slow reveal that he has been drinking alcohol. It is used as a reaction to pretending something obvious is innocent or harmless. EN: On a British panel show, a suited host questions Sean Lock about a can of water. Sean pours it into a glass, revealing that the supposedly watery drink is actually beer, then raises it for a toast while a woman laughs. The joke comes from the deadpan “water” label and the slow reveal that he has been drinking alcohol. It is used as a reaction to pretending something obvious is innocent or harmless.

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