"The problem with the designated driver programme, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At then end of the night drop them off at the wrong house"
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Bridges takes a civic-minded slogan and spikes it with a surfer shrug and a small act of sabotage. The designated driver program is built on virtue and self-denial: one person sacrifices their night so everyone else can have theirs. His first move is to name what the campaign politely ignores - it is, socially, a thankless gig. That bluntness is the setup. The punchline is the release valve: if you get drafted into responsibility, reclaim a little power by turning the role into mischief.
The joke works because it’s doing two things at once. On the surface, it’s a bar story: a harmlessly “wrong” drop-off, a prank that lets the sober chaperone feel like the one with agency for once. Underneath, it’s a deadpan critique of how group fun gets subsidized by one person’s restraint. “Have fun with it” is advice and indictment; it suggests the program’s moral framing isn’t enough to make the job socially rewarding, so you manufacture your own payoff.
Context matters: Bridges’ public persona - the laid-back, slightly anarchic Dude energy - makes the line land as playful rather than cruel. Coming from a politician, it would sound antisocial; from an actor known for genial irreverence, it reads like a wink at the bargain we strike when we outsource safety. It’s not anti-sobriety so much as anti-martyrdom: if you’re going to be the adult in the room, at least don’t let everyone else pretend you’re furniture.
The joke works because it’s doing two things at once. On the surface, it’s a bar story: a harmlessly “wrong” drop-off, a prank that lets the sober chaperone feel like the one with agency for once. Underneath, it’s a deadpan critique of how group fun gets subsidized by one person’s restraint. “Have fun with it” is advice and indictment; it suggests the program’s moral framing isn’t enough to make the job socially rewarding, so you manufacture your own payoff.
Context matters: Bridges’ public persona - the laid-back, slightly anarchic Dude energy - makes the line land as playful rather than cruel. Coming from a politician, it would sound antisocial; from an actor known for genial irreverence, it reads like a wink at the bargain we strike when we outsource safety. It’s not anti-sobriety so much as anti-martyrdom: if you’re going to be the adult in the room, at least don’t let everyone else pretend you’re furniture.
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