I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me.

In this one-liner, Allen uses a polite, almost pastoral sentiment—enjoying “long walks”—and flips it into a barbed social joke. The humor hinges on misdirection: the speaker’s pleasure isn’t in walking but in the temporary removal of irritating people. It’s a compact example of Allen’s persona-driven wit, where civility masks aggression and the punchline arrives as a dry, understated reversal. Beyond the insult, the line satirizes everyday social friction and the small fantasies of escape that accompany it, turning annoyance into a comic, socially acceptable form of retaliation.