Hi LX013. The man in the boat has just died (perhaps at the office, judging from the way he is dressed), and “Death” is the ferryman taking him across the river from Earth to the Underworld of Greek and Roman mythology.The expression, “It’s a living,” is an old expression in English. When someone asks you how you like your job, and you reply, “It’s a living,” it means that you aren’t very excited about your job, but at least it keeps the bills paid – at least you are “making a living” and “putting food on the table.”The humor is because Death says, “It’s a living,” but Death is not living, and they are in a place where nothing is living.
Hi LX013. The man in the boat has just died (perhaps at the office, judging from the way he is dressed), and “Death” is the ferryman taking him across the river from Earth to the Underworld of Greek and Roman mythology.The expression, “It’s a living,” is an old expression in English. When someone asks you how you like your job, and you reply, “It’s a living,” it means that you aren’t very excited about your job, but at least it keeps the bills paid – at least you are “making a living” and “putting food on the table.”The humor is because Death says, “It’s a living,” but Death is not living, and they are in a place where nothing is living.