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* From the ''Literature/ShiversMDSpenser'' book, ''The Thing in Room 601''. " It might be ten o'clock. It might be later. Or it might be both ten o'clock and later."
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* ''Literature/LilyAndDunkin'': Before Dunkin's first basketball game, he worries about everything that could go wrong: he could trip, fall, miss the basket, or trip and fall while missing the basket.

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* ''Literature/LilyAndDunkin'': Before Dunkin's first basketball game, he worries about everything that could go wrong: he could trip, fall, miss the basket, or trip and fall while missing the basket.basket.
* ''Literature/BastardOperatorFromHell'':
-->'''Boss:''' Excellent, ten days since the last accident.\\
'''PFY:''' I think you'll find that's a binary number.\\
'''BOFH:''' And that's only because we don't count disappearances as accidents.\\
'''PFY:''' Or people who don't work here.\\
'''BOFH:''' Or disappearances of people who don't work here.
* In chapter 4 of ''Literature/GoldTongues'', Billy tries to guess what job Petrol had before the apocalypse. First he says a lifeguard, then a soccer coach, and then a bus driver. And then he says a lifeguard who coached soccer ''while driving a bus''.
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* The title character in ''Literature/JeremyFinkAndTheMeaningf Life'' says his mom taught him to ThinkHappyThoughts, her examples being butterflies, babies laughing, and hot dogs in a ballpark. So when he thinks he's about to be arrested, he pictures "babies laughing in a ballpark surrounded by butterflies eating hot dogs. Very small, tiny hot dogs."

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* The title character in ''Literature/JeremyFinkAndTheMeaningf Life'' ''Literature/JeremyFinkAndTheMeaningOfLife'' says his mom taught him to ThinkHappyThoughts, her examples being butterflies, babies laughing, and hot dogs in a ballpark. So when he thinks he's about to be arrested, he pictures "babies laughing in a ballpark surrounded by butterflies eating hot dogs. Very small, tiny hot dogs."
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* In the children's book ''Scrooge,'' a shortened adaptation of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol,'' one illustration features three stamps on Scrooge's desk that read "NO", "NEVER", and "NO NEVER".
* The title character in ''Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life'' says his mom taught him to ThinkHappyThoughts, her examples being butterflies, babies laughing, and hot dogs in a ballpark. So when he thinks he's about to be arrested, he pictures "babies laughing in a ballpark surrounded by butterflies eating hot dogs. Very small, tiny hot dogs."
* In ''Dave's Gorman's Googlewhack'' Dave explains the concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack Googlewhacking]] to the reader by telling them to type the word "Animal" into Google and press Enter, then to type the word "Balloon" into Google and press Enter, then to type the words "Balloon Animal" into Google and press Enter. He also warns that at all three stages of process, [[RuleThirtyFour you are likely to come across bizarre pornography]].

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* In the children's book ''Scrooge,'' ''Literature/{{Scrooge}}'' a shortened adaptation of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol,'' one illustration features three stamps on Scrooge's desk that read "NO", "NEVER", and "NO NEVER".
* The title character in ''Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of ''Literature/JeremyFinkAndTheMeaningf Life'' says his mom taught him to ThinkHappyThoughts, her examples being butterflies, babies laughing, and hot dogs in a ballpark. So when he thinks he's about to be arrested, he pictures "babies laughing in a ballpark surrounded by butterflies eating hot dogs. Very small, tiny hot dogs."
* In ''Dave's ''Daves Gorman's Googlewhack'' Googlewhack! Adventure'' Dave explains the concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack Googlewhacking]] to the reader by telling them to type the word "Animal" into Google and press Enter, then to type the word "Balloon" into Google and press Enter, then to type the words "Balloon Animal" into Google and press Enter. He also warns that at all three stages of process, [[RuleThirtyFour you are likely to come across bizarre pornography]].
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* In the children's book ''The Pirate and the Penguin'', the eponymous penguin complains that the south pole is boring, so his friends remind him of all the fun things there are to do, like daydreaming, yoga, and daydreaming about yoga.

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* In the children's book ''The Pirate and the Penguin'', ''Literature/ThePirateAndThePenguin'', the eponymous penguin complains that the south pole is boring, so his friends remind him of all the fun things there are to do, like daydreaming, yoga, and daydreaming about yoga.



* In ''Zen Ghosts'', Karl can't decide whether to be a pirate or an owl for Halloween. Stillwater, his panda friend, suggests going as an owl-pirate, but Michael protests that there's no such thing. Though not mentioned in the story, the illustrations show that Karl took Stillwater's advice.

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* In ''Zen Ghosts'', ''Literature/ZenGhosts'', Karl can't decide whether to be a pirate or an owl for Halloween. Stillwater, his panda friend, suggests going as an owl-pirate, but Michael protests that there's no such thing. Though not mentioned in the story, the illustrations show that Karl took Stillwater's advice.



* In ''Not Just a Witch'' by Creator/EvaIbbotson, when the main character Heckie (who has the power to [[ForcedTransformation change people into animals]]) and her friend Dora (who has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn creatures to stone]]) have just discovered that [[ManipulativeBastard Mr. Knacksap]], whom they thought was their friend, had secretly been leading them both on and tricking them into abusing their powers for his own benefit:

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* In ''Not Just a Witch'' ''Literature/NotJustAWitch'' by Creator/EvaIbbotson, when the main character Heckie (who has the power to [[ForcedTransformation change people into animals]]) and her friend Dora (who has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn creatures to stone]]) have just discovered that [[ManipulativeBastard Mr. Knacksap]], whom they thought was their friend, had secretly been leading them both on and tricking them into abusing their powers for his own benefit:
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* In the original web-based novel ''The Dwayne Diaries'', after the captain questions who would ever need ten boats, Cthulhu says he could use the money for "A mansion, or a yacht, or a mansion on a yacht, whatever!"

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* In the original web-based novel ''The Dwayne Diaries'', ''Literature/TheDwayneDiaries'', after the captain questions who would ever need ten boats, Cthulhu says he could use the money for "A mansion, or a yacht, or a mansion on a yacht, whatever!"
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-->''"Will they get eaten by a bear? Will they freeze in the night? Or will they run out of clean diapers? Perhaps they'll run out of clean diapers, freeze, and then get eaten by a bear!"''

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-->''"Will they get eaten by a bear? Will they freeze in the night? Or will they run out of clean diapers? Perhaps they'll run out of clean diapers, freeze, and then get eaten by a bear!"''bear!"''
* ''Literature/LilyAndDunkin'': Before Dunkin's first basketball game, he worries about everything that could go wrong: he could trip, fall, miss the basket, or trip and fall while missing the basket.
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** In [[Literature/AClashOfKings the second book]], Shae, when talking about Lollys, says, "She sleeps and she eats. Sometimes she falls asleep while she's eating."
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** This part becomes a bit [[HarsherInHindsight uncomfortable to read about]] after knowing Rowling's take on trans people.

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