I lived at home till I was 29.

Taken at face value, the line is a plainspoken autobiographical detail that also functions as a self-deprecating comic premise: prolonged adulthood at the parental home as a marker of delayed independence. In Romano’s comedic persona, such admissions often signal ordinariness and mild embarrassment, inviting the audience to recognize their own family dynamics and economic or emotional dependence. The bluntness (“till I was 29”) heightens the humor by presenting a socially loaded fact without justification, letting the audience supply the implied commentary about maturity, masculinity, and the transition to adult responsibility.