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** Alice is lactose intolerant, so she orders a non-alcoholic drink or just water.


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** Alice finds non-dairy milk on the menu, so she orders one
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* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob serves a certain type of cocktail and calls it "milk" for some reason.
* '''Double Subverted''': But when he serves it to Alice, she clarifies that she meant actual milk.

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** Alice asks for a cocktail at an ice cream parlor.
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It turns out that Bob serves a certain type of cocktail and calls it "milk" for some reason.
** Alice asks for milk; Bob obliges.
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But when he serves it to Alice, she clarifies that she meant actual milk.milk.
** The milk that was served is non-dairy.
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'''Basic Trope''': Ordering milk at a bar.
* '''Straight''': Alice goes into Bob's Bar and says to Bob, the bartender, "One milk please."
* '''Exaggerated''': A whole crowd of people order milk at Bob's Bar.
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* '''Justified''':
** Alice [[TheTeetotaler doesn't drink]].
** Alice is with friends, and they chose her to be the designated driver.
** Alice is pregnant and believes that OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby.
** Alice is under the legal drinking age and is there with her parents, Charles and Diane.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is a baby, who [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour drinks alcohol out of her bottle]].
** Alice drinks warm vodka instead of [[WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep warm milk]] to get to sleep.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob serves a certain type of cocktail and calls it "milk" for some reason.
* '''Double Subverted''': But when he serves it to Alice, she clarifies that she meant actual milk.
* '''Parodied''': Alice ends up getting DrunkOnMilk, literally.
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice orders beer.
* '''Enforced''': [[FrothyMugsOfWater Alice initially ordered alcohol, but later it was censored into milk]].
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Alice's friends always pick her as the designated driver as she prefers milk to alcohol anyway.
* '''Defied''': Alice considers ordering milk, but ultimately goes for beer instead.
* '''Discussed''': "What do I order? Beer? Milk? Wine?"
* '''Conversed''': "Does that 'Alice' character not drink? She orders milk in the bar!"
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice ordering milk at a bar is part of a RunningGag about how she's ludicrously straight-laced.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice avoids drinking alcohol because she doesn't want to end up like [[AlcoholicParent her mother]].
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is being possessed by a demon, and one of [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the early signs]] is going from a HardDrinkingPartyGirl to ordering milk in a bar.
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