History Main / ArsonMurderAndJayWalking

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking/{{Other}}

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->''The cases against Muhammad Morsi, now in their sixth year, long ago took on the air of a Kafka novel. Every few weeks Egypt’s only democratically elected president, deposed in a coup in 2013, would appear in court to answer one charge or another. He was accused of espionage and torture, and of stealing livestock.''
-->-- '''[[https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/06/20/muhammad-morsi-egypts-only-democratic-ruler-dies-in-court Muhammad Morsi, Egypt’s only democratic ruler, dies in court]]''', article in '''{{Magazine/The Economist}}''' published on 20 June 2019.

->''The cases against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi Muhammad Morsi]], now in their sixth year, long ago took on the air of a Kafka novel. Every few weeks {{UsefulNotes/Egypt}}’s only democratically elected president, deposed in a coup in 2013, [[KangarooCourt would appear in court to answer one charge or another]]. He was accused of [[MoleInCharge espionage]] and [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]], and of stealing livestock.''

When listing three or more things, the comedy rule is to ''not'' finish strong, but to list some strong examples followed by a very weak example, for the funny. Sometimes this will stick to the RuleOfThree, but sometimes a proper LongList will increase the humor.

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[[caption-width-right:350:History's worst atrocities: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor The Holodomor]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust The Holocaust]], the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre Nanjing Massacre]], the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide Armenian Genocide]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the invention of]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza Hawaiian pizza]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:History's worst atrocities: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor The Holodomor]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust The Holocaust]], the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre Nanjing Massacre]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the invention of]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza Hawaiian pizza]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Uncancelled}} Two and a half out of five ain't bad.]]]]

->''A homeless guy came up to me and he said, "Excuse me. I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town." You're gonna close with 'new in town'? That is not the most dramatic thing that you just said. Here's how I would have ordered those things. I would have said, "Excuse me, I'm new in town and it gets worse."''
-->-- '''John Mulaney''', ''New In Town''

When listing three or more things, the comedy rule is to ''not'' finish strong, but to list some strong examples followed by a very weak example, for the funny. Sometimes this will stick to the RuleOfThree, but sometimes a longer list will increase the humor.

->''A homeless guy came up to me and he said, "Excuse me. I am homeless. I am gay. I have aids. I'm new in town." You're gonna close with 'new in town'? That is not the most dramatic thing that you just said. Here's how I would have ordered those things. I would have said, "Excuse me, I'm new in town and it gets worse."''

->''"Lincoln Sternn, you stand here accused of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape...and one moving violation."''
-->-- '''Prosecutor''', ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking/ComicStrips]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking/NewspaperComics

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[[caption-width-right:344:[[{{Uncancelled}} Two and a half out of 5 ain't bad.]]]]

See also: ListOfTransgressions, ArsonMurderAndLifesaving, FelonyMisdemeanor, GoodNewsBadNews, OddNameOut, TheTriple. Compare PokeThePoodle, AllCrimesAreEqual, JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife, when the minor crime carries significant consequences. The inverse is BreadEggsMilkSquick, where a list of seemingly mundane things ends with something much darker. ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun is a related inverse that deals with deductions rather than listing things. Frequently confused with TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers

See also: ListOfTransgressions, ArsonMurderAndLifesaving, FelonyMisdemeanor, GoodNewsBadNews, OddNameOut, TheTriple. Compare PokeThePoodle, AllCrimesAreEqual, JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife, when the minor crime carries significant consequences. The inverse is BreadEggsMilkSquick, where a list of seemingly mundane things ends with something much darker. ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun is a related inverse that deals with deductions rather than listing things.

See also: ListOfTransgressions, ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving, FelonyMisdemeanor, GoodNewsBadNews, OddNameOut, TheTriple. Compare PokeThePoodle, AllCrimesAreEqual, JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife, when the minor crime carries significant consequences. The inverse is BreadEggsMilkSquick, where a list of seemingly mundane things ends with something much darker. ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun is a related inverse that deals with deductions rather than listing things.

[[caption-width-right:344:[[{{Uncancelled}} One and a half out of 5 ain't bad.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:344:[[{{Uncancelled}} One out of 5 ain't bad.]]]]