Cracked has a hilarious explanation of the torture memos in a way even kids can understand.

The source of that voice is the brave knight’s Uncle Dicky, who explains that torture is defined using lots of funny words that no one can understand.

“I don’t know what those words mean, and I don’t think it should be my job to define them, do you?”

“I guess not,” said the Knight, though he secretly believed the words were fairly straightforward. “So what do we do?”

Uncle Dicky smiled.

For more torture memo humor, check out the Daily Show clip posted a few days ago.