Dutch catoonist Dirkjan revealed the real answer already years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/dirkjan/s/zszexnXLRu
Panel 1 Waiter: "Sir, I’d like to ask you to take off your cap in this restaurant." Smurf: "Take off my cap? You’re not asking me to take off my pants, are you?!"
Panel 2 Waiter: "That’s not the same." Smurf: "That is the same."
Panel 3 Cook (to waiter): "Let him put his cap back on." Waiter: "That’s maybe better."
Panel 1
Waiter: "Sir, please take your hat off in this restaurant."
Smurf: "Take off my hat? You wouldn't ask me to take off my trousers either, would you!"
Panel 2
Waiter: "That’s not the same at all."
Smurf: "Yes it is!"
Panel 3
Cook (to waiter): "Let's let him put his hat back on."
Waiter: "Yes, let's."
https://translate.kagi.com/?from=nl&to=en&text=MiJNHEER%2C+i...
And this one always gets me too: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fw... with the "Jesmurfa's witness"
Edit: Typing that out me realise that I could just search for that word. Apparently it's just absurdist: https://www.reddit.com/r/learndutch/comments/17nvt4g/pranfeu...