"The designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, drop them off at the wrong house"
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Foxworthy takes a civic-minded slogan and flips it into a petty revenge fantasy, which is exactly why it lands. The designated driver program is framed in public-service language: responsibility, safety, being the grown-up. Foxworthy immediately punctures that halo by naming what everyone in the friend group knows but rarely admits out loud: the DD is doing unpaid labor while everyone else gets to have the fun. "It's not a desirable job" is the plainspoken setup, a bit of barroom sociology delivered with his trademark, working-class candor.
Then comes the twist: "if you ever get sucked into doing it". That verb choice matters. "Sucked into" implies coercion disguised as camaraderie, the subtle social pressure where the most responsible person gets drafted. The punch line - "drop them off at the wrong house" - is mischievous, not monstrous. It's a prank scaled to the complaint: not endangering anyone on the road, just restoring a sense of power to the person who got stuck holding the keys.
The deeper joke is about how communities outsource virtue. We praise the idea of a designated driver, but we don't reward the actual designated driver. Foxworthy's solution is intentionally unethical in a small, suburban way, letting the audience vent without crossing into real harm. It's a pressure-release valve: an acknowledgment that even good behavior comes with resentment, and that resentment wants a narrative where the responsible person finally gets to be in charge.
Then comes the twist: "if you ever get sucked into doing it". That verb choice matters. "Sucked into" implies coercion disguised as camaraderie, the subtle social pressure where the most responsible person gets drafted. The punch line - "drop them off at the wrong house" - is mischievous, not monstrous. It's a prank scaled to the complaint: not endangering anyone on the road, just restoring a sense of power to the person who got stuck holding the keys.
The deeper joke is about how communities outsource virtue. We praise the idea of a designated driver, but we don't reward the actual designated driver. Foxworthy's solution is intentionally unethical in a small, suburban way, letting the audience vent without crossing into real harm. It's a pressure-release valve: an acknowledgment that even good behavior comes with resentment, and that resentment wants a narrative where the responsible person finally gets to be in charge.
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