Two men are looking into a room. The floor is sand, and a hand is sticking out.
The floor is made of sand.
What happened in this room?
Of course, the current tenant will be gone before the first of the month.
scene: an apartment building description: Two men are looking into a room. The floor is sand, and a hand is sticking out. uncanny: The floor is made of sand. entities: Quicksand, Building_inspection. caption: Of course, the current tenant will be gone before the first of the month.
A play on words. A landlord might say this to a perspective new tenant (the two men in suits), while the current one is moving out. But here, the joke takes a dark turn: "gone" here means that the currant tenant (currently drowning in quicksand) will be dead.