Humor & Life Quote by Mark McKinney

It lands like a throwaway rule of etiquette, then quietly reveals itself as a thesis about how we police “normal.” McKinney’s line isn’t really about dancing or golf; it’s about the invisible schedules society hands us and the mild panic that sets in when someone ignores them. The humor comes from the certainty of the voice: not “most people don’t,” but “you don’t” - a mock-authoritative decree that mimics parents, coaches, and bureaucrats, all the tiny enforcers of order.

The pairing is doing heavy lifting. Dancing connotes nightlife, looseness, maybe sweat and flirtation; golfing connotes daylight, leisure-as-respectability, a sport that’s practically sponsored by the sun. Swap the times and you don’t just get inconvenience; you get category error. Daytime dancing suggests desperation or chaos. Night golf suggests trespass, secrecy, mischief. McKinney is mining the laugh that happens when cultural associations are so strong they feel natural, even though they’re arbitrary.

There’s also a sly Canadian sketch-comedy sensibility here (McKinney’s Kids in the Hall DNA): the straight-faced statement that exposes how many of our “rules” are vibes dressed up as logic. Underneath is a comment on conformity - how culture isn’t only what we do, but when we’re allowed to do it, and how quickly we label anything outside the approved time slot as weird. The joke is small; the social critique is roomy.