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I don't get it.
Elementary, my dear Watson A lemon tree, Watson
Still going over my head.
"Elementary, my dear watson" is a sherlock holmes "quote", which is sometimes used to roughly say "it is actually quite simple". Take away the "my dear" and the post roughly sounds like the "quote".