I was born by Cesarean section, but you can't really tell. Except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window.

This line is a characteristic Steven Wright one-liner from his early stand-up repertoire, developed during the late 1970s and 1980s and popularized through his deadpan club and television appearances. Wright’s comedy in this period often consisted of short, self-contained surreal observations that twist everyday logic into absurdity. The joke plays on the mundane disclosure “I was born by Cesarean section” and then escalates it into a bizarre behavioral “tell,” consistent with the persona Wright cultivated: an understated narrator reporting impossible or illogical details as if they were ordinary facts.

The humor hinges on a misapplied causal link. A Cesarean birth is a surgical method of entering the world, but the speaker treats it as if it permanently determines his preferred “exit” route from buildings—through a window rather than a door. The line satirizes the human impulse to search for hidden signs and explanations (“you can’t really tell… except…”) and exposes how easily we accept flimsy reasoning when it is delivered with confidence. It also exemplifies Wright’s broader comic method: taking a literal or technical fact and extending it into an absurd, internally consistent alternative reality.