After some investigation, they determined dye had rubbed off his unwashed bedsheets.

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      But just like the source material “I blue myself” doesn’t make any sense when speaking in past tense, unless you’re stretching language to make a joke. I love arrested development but I always thought that was one of their worst jokes.

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          If you had painted yourself blue you would say “I blued myself” not “I blue myself.”

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            JFC…it was a phonetic joke to sound like he said he blew himself. It’s a running gag with the character throughout the series. 4 hours and you still don’t get it.

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              Dude, I get the joke. I blue myself/I painted myself blue = I blew myself/I sucked my own dick. I’m saying it’s a badly written joke and it’s not funny, a rare miss for the AD writers.

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                I’m saying it’s a badly written joke and it’s not funny

                Which is why it survives and is quoted almost 20 years later.