A man and a woman are barbecuing outside in their yard. Their neighbors, another man and woman, are doing the same. The neighbor couple is upside down. Everyone looks confused, except for the neighbor's wife, who has a spotted face.
The fact that the neighbors are upside-down and above them, rather than right-side-up and next to their house, is quite unusual.
Why are the neighbors in this suburban neighborhood defying gravity? Why is the wife's face spotted?
We never should have sold those air rights, Ed.
scene: a backyard description: A man and a woman are barbecuing outside in their yard. Their neighbors, another man and woman, are doing the same. The neighbor couple is upside down. Everyone looks confused, except for the neighbor's wife, who has a spotted face. uncanny: The fact that the neighbors are upside-down and above them, rather than right-side-up and next to their house, is quite unusual. entities: Barbecue, Neighbourhood, Backwards. caption: We never should have sold those air rights, Ed.
The couple on the bottom apparently sold the air rights above their property, not realizing that whoever they sold the rights two would be able to construct an entire parallel house/property above them. The people on the bottom have a more cramped property now that their vertical neighbors live so close. It's funny in part because of the contrast between the benign/everyday nature of legal concerns vs. the whimsical idea that an upside-down house could be constructed.