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Video Games

It's bad enough when a merchant's wares "fall off the cart". Have no doubt that it's far worse when that cart is an airship.
Ishgardian citizen, Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward

According to my supplier, it "fell off the back of a truck." But then, he once got me a Humvee that fell off the back of a Hercules cargo plane.
Winquman, The Nameless Mod

Web Video

Commercial resale is unlawful. (beat) I got this from a soldier. He said it fell off the back of a truck. It wasn't commercial, it was illegal.

Western Animation

[Homer drives up in a pickup truck]
Marge: Homer, where'd you get that truck?
Homer: Uh, it... fell off a truck. You know, a... truck-truck.
[A semi truck pulling a car-carrier trailer pulls up, with Bart in the passenger seat. The rearmost vehicle on the bottom level is missing.]
Lisa: Where'd you get that?
Bart: Meh. It fell off a truck-truck... truck.
[An enormous semi truck pulls up besides Bart's vehicle, pulling a car-carrier trailer large enough to hold several semi trucks pulling car-carrier trailers. The rearmost vehicle on the bottom level is missing.]

Real Life

Brother to sister: I just bought a big flat screen tv. Really cheap.
Sister: Oh yeah? Where?
Brother: It fell off the truck.
Sister: Um... Wouldn't it be damaged?

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