This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
From YKTTW Working Title: Insubstantial Ingredients
Robin Zimm: The following was suggested in the YKTTW as well, but I would argue it's not truly an example:
...as "sugar", "spice", and "everything nice" are all still things. (Also, it's not original to Powerpuff Girls — it's from a nursery rhyme.)
Robin Zimm: Also removed:
- A common joke:
A: Mmm, these are delicious, where did you buy them?B: Buy them? These were made with my own sweat and blood!A: Sweat and blood? Eww!
- This joke was also used in the Flaming Moe episode of The Simpsons.
...as sweat and blood both exist. (Pity, it's a good joke.)
Chad M: Restored
Stewie in Family Guy: "What's that smell? Smells like sweat, anger, and shame!"
It had been removed with the comment that it belongs on Tastes Like Feet, which makes no sense because Tastes Like Feet is about things that exist and have a taste but no one should be eating.
- Robin Zimm - It Tastes Like Feet is in no way exclusive to stuff that exists. It says right in the description
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Of course, this only works for concrete examples of the trope ("this tastes like shit"), as opposed to more abstract/metaphorical uses ("this tastes like death").
- Given that Insubstantial Ingredients is explicitly nothing but actual items included in the mix that are not items, descriptions of smells necessarily appear under It Tastes Like Feet.
Augusto the Evil Walnut: Moved the following natter to here from the discussion page, with my own addition:
- With King Julien's accent, it could've just as easily been "vile", which is another abstract concept.
- But then the correct form would be "vileness". Sorry.
