Ultimate Dry Humor

From Faust Eric:
"Eric gave the world a critical examination. He wore the expression of someone who knows that all the best gifts in life require the psychic equivalent of two U2* batteries and the shops won't be open until after the holidays" (48).

A lot of the books I have read have been by Terry Pratchett, a wonderful satirist from the UK. Above is something he does a lot in his writing and, I’ve come to realize, is also a staple of British humor. A sort of hyperbolic anti-climax.
 
The situation in which this comes up, a young boy has attempted to summon a demon (following a tangent to the tradition of Faust) to take over the world. After a series of events, he’s given a world, followed soon by the issue, what does one do with the world. In this quote, Pratchett manages to illustrate a very profound series of thoughts to a much more relatable sentiment that is almost elemental in how often it occurs. That with great power comes a great deal of angst that it can’t be used to do the laundry any faster.

*The same size as a D battery in the US.