Originally Posted by Aqua

You see Catch22, there is a movie that is called the Wizard of Oz which is about a young woman caught up in a tornado that carries her from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. Upon arrival her parents house is dropped onto a wicked witch. (Note the similarity of witch/bitch) Shortly thereafter the question is posed of Dorothy, "Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?" Now, she is of course, not a witch at all, but it is within this phrase that the humor is derived by taking the word 'witch' and replacing the first letter to make it a more offensive word and thusly injecting a humorous connotation based on this fantasy movie about a magical land called Oz.



Truth be known I didn't make the connection at first either. I thought the 'Oz humor' was going to be a prison sex joke based on the HBO series 'Oz'. How sad is that? I don't even have cable!