(Clanking sound) "Did I hear something just now? ...Nah, must have been the wind." (clanking sound gets louder) "Yeah, that's definitely the sound that wind makes."
— Hapless guard, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series
No, all is still
In dale, on hill
My mind is set at ease
So still the scene
It must have been
The sighing of the breeze.
In dale, on hill
My mind is set at ease
So still the scene
It must have been
The sighing of the breeze.
— Major-General, The Pirates of Penzance
People only say "I'm sure it was nothing" when they're sure it was something.
[A Dalmatian accidentally wakes up Horace]
Horace: Did you hear that?
Jasper: What?
Horace: That noise!
Jasper: What noise?
Horace: That noise I just heard. Did you hear it?
Jasper: Oh, yeah! Yeah, it sounds like an irritating berk asking me so many irritating questions! [Pause. Then he turns around] Oh, good! It has stopped now!
Soldier: Well, there is a crocodile with a gun, and I think it's looking at me...
Superior: Big deal!
Soldier: B-but...
Superior: It's just minding its own business! Leave that thing alone!
No matter how many shorts we have in the system, my guards will be instructed to treat every surveillance camera malfunction as a full-scale emergency.
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
“Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
’Tis the wind and nothing more!”
Okay, every person in every movie ever, please cross the wind off your list of suspects! I know you always put it at number one, but at some point, you have to go by the numbers!
Cyclonus: There’s nothing to fear, Unicron is dead.
(A groan can be heard)
Cyclonus: Must be the wind.
Scourge: There is no wind in space.
Cyclonus: Quiet!
(A groan can be heard)
Cyclonus: Must be the wind.
Scourge: There is no wind in space.
Cyclonus: Quiet!
Mook #1: Probably just a rat.
Mook #2: Ain't rats, ain't never rats! Go warn Diego We've Got Company!
A few weeks till extinction and there's nothing we can do
A message sent to other worlds will say "It was just the flu"
— NOFX, "Just the Flu"
