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* Willy Wonka does this all the time in CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory.
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*** The poisonous duck might be a HistoricalInJoke reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus the Platypus]], a bizarre hodgepodge animal that was considered a hoax when it was discovered. It has a duck bill and is the only poisonous mammal.
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** In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', the wizards at Unseen University are eating and it is mentioned that the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bursar]] has to have wooden utensils instead of metal ones after what they have since refered to as "the Unfortunate Incident at Dinner".
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** In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', the wizards at Unseen University are eating and it is mentioned that the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bursar]] has to have wooden utensils instead of metal ones after what they have since refered referred to as "the Unfortunate Incident at Dinner".
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** "Somebody saw something in a lake"
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* In the ''TeenageWorrier'' series, Letty often refers to an unspecified embarrassing incident between her and [[AbhorrentAdmirer Brian Bolt]], involving a bag of flour and a bicycle tyre.
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* In Sarah Caudwell's first novel ''Thus Was Adonis Murdered'', one of Julia's letters from Venice mentions in passing that she can't stand spiders, prompting Cantrip to a reminiscence which is quickly cut off. The narrator says (I paraphrase): "I trust it shall not be necessary to recite the revolting details of the spider incident. Suffice it to say that any woman who retires with Cantrip on the night of March 31 ...."
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* In Sarah Caudwell's first novel ''Thus ''[[HilaryTamar Thus Was Adonis Murdered'', Murdered]]'', one of Julia's letters from Venice mentions in passing that she can't stand spiders, prompting Cantrip to a reminiscence which is quickly cut off. The narrator says (I paraphrase): "I trust it shall not be necessary to recite the revolting details of the spider incident. Suffice it to say that any woman who retires with Cantrip on the night of March 31 ...."
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*In the Stephanie Plum series, Stephanie blackmails her cousin Vinnie into giving her a job by threatening to tell his wife about an incident involving a duck. This is never fully explained, but it's implied that you *really* don't want to know what he did to the duck.
*In the Stephanie Plum series, Stephanie blackmails her cousin Vinnie into giving her a job by threatening to tell his wife about an incident involving a duck. This is never fully explained, but it's implied that you *really* don't want to know what he did to the duck.
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** The very last sentence in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' mentions one, involving ''something'' that the ghost of Professor Flead did to prevent his chair from being removed from [[spoiler:the Pink [=PussyCat=] Club]].
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* The Demolished Man has one, used several times. Lincoln Powell, police officer and head of the Esper Guild - so, an upstanding citizen, one would think - is referred to as "Honest Abe" several times, which always makes him blush, either physically or psychically, as it's a reference to an unspecified event, but one that can also be summed up by asking him "Who stole the weather?"
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* A semi- example: in the DI Frost books, by RD Wingfield, there is a reference at least once a book to a joke told by Frost involving a man who drank a spittoon as a bet. The rest of the joke is never given, but anyone who has heard it reacts with alarm at any attempt by Frost to tell it again. When, in the final book, he does tell it to an unsuspecting individual, it happens off-screen.
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* There is a whole paragraph devoted to this in [[RobertAHeinlein Robert Heinlein's]] ''Double Star'':
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* From the Just So Stories of RudyardKipling: "There are three hundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud; but this is not one of them. It is not the story of the Lapwing who found the Water; or the Hoopoe who shaded Suleimanbin-Daoud from the heat. It is not the story of the Glass Pavement, or the Ruby with the Crooked Hole, or the Gold Bars of Balkis. It is the story of the Butterfly that Stamped."
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* From the Just So Stories ''Literature/JustSoStories'' of RudyardKipling: "There are three hundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud; but this is not one of them. It is not the story of the Lapwing who found the Water; or the Hoopoe who shaded Suleimanbin-Daoud from the heat. It is not the story of the Glass Pavement, or the Ruby with the Crooked Hole, or the Gold Bars of Balkis. It is the story of the Butterfly that Stamped."
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** We never do find out what exactly those muggles did to Ariana, though [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil there have been guesses . . .]]
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** Likewise, in Wodehouse's ''Blandings'' series, repeated references are made to the never-actually-recounted "Story of the Prawns" which relates a humiliatingly hilarious incident in the youth of stuffed shirt Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe. At the end of ''Summer Lightning'', Galahad Threepwood starts telling the story, but the book ends before the would find out what it's about.
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** Likewise, in Wodehouse's ''Blandings'' series, repeated references are made to the never-actually-recounted "Story of the Prawns" which relates a humiliatingly hilarious incident in the youth of stuffed shirt Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe. At the end of ''Summer Lightning'', Galahad Threepwood starts telling the story, but the book ends before the we would find out what it's about.
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Can\'t remember which book it was exactly. My brain says Lord of Chaos, but I have no clue if that\'s right.
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* One actually happens during the events of one WheelOfTime book. While Elayne is attempting to divine the purpose of several ''ter'angreal'', she tries waving Fire into one of them. The next thing she knows is waking up in her bed, with her traveling companions wearing highly amused grins and refusing to tell her what happened after she tried channeling.
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* RogerZelazny creates a Noodle Incident in a sort-of inverted way in ''This Immortal'', when his narrator gives the story behind a song his wife is humming, about a wrestler who challenged the gods and was shortly thereafter killed by someone we quickly realize ''was'' the narrator, centuries before ... and then he adds, "Besides, that's not the way it really happened."
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*** To be fair, the basic outline behind the injury was explained (short version: Dumbledore put on a ring with a very nasty curse), but most of the details left out. Mostly because they only person who knew what happened was kinda dead.
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* In one of PeterSBeagle's Joe Farrell stories, Farrell had to [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} duel a ghost to the death with bad poetry.]] He's nearly beaten until he remembers [[http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/bad/Marzials.Tragedy.html "A Tragedy" by Theophilus Marziels.]] Before he recites it, he says, "Remind me to tell you how i learned it - there was a Kiowa Indian involved."
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* Lee Child's Jack Reacher novel ''61 Hours'' plays with it by showing what happens when someone determined enough to keep trying actually starts to weedle the details out.
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* Lee Child's Jack Reacher JackReacher novel ''61 Hours'' [[PlayingWithATrope plays with it it]] by showing what happens when someone determined enough to keep trying actually starts to weedle the details out.
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** Possibly a reference to ''{{Watchmen}}''.
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**Possibly a reference to ''{{Watchmen}}''.
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** In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Vetinari and Fred Colon make a NoodleIncident up while going undercover in Al Khali.
-->'''Vetinari''': It's going to be like that business in Djelibeybi again, Al.
-->'''Colon''': Oh, dear.
-->'''Vetinari''': I don't know if they ever got that man down off the flagpole.
-->'''Colon''': Oh, ''most'' of 'im, they did.
-->'''Vetinari''': It's going to be like that business in Djelibeybi again, Al.
-->'''Colon''': Oh, dear.
-->'''Vetinari''': I don't know if they ever got that man down off the flagpole.
-->'''Colon''': Oh, ''most'' of 'im, they did.
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* In the BabylonFive novel ''To Dream in the City of Sorrows'', Ranger trainees are required to tell a funny story in one of their lessons. Catherine Sakai's story, from her time at the Earth Force Academy, involved "A hated drill instructor, a visiting senator, a keg of beer, an exotic dancer, the academy's goat mascot and several mistaken identities."
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* In the BabylonFive novel ''To Dream in the City of Sorrows'', Ranger trainees are required to tell a funny story in one of their lessons. Catherine Sakai's story, from her time at the Earth Force [=EarthForce=] Academy, involved [[NoodleImplements "A hated drill instructor, a visiting senator, a keg of beer, an exotic dancer, the academy's goat mascot and several mistaken identities.""]] Beyond that, all that is known is that her story was funnier than the teacher's.
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*** There's also a bit from Goblet of Fire, after the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, where Ron asked Harry "Did you hear him telling Seamus what he did to that witch who shouted 'Boo' behind him on April Fools' Day?" with no further explanation made, ever.
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* In ManiacMagee, the entire 12th year of Maniac's life is completely unaccounted-for in the urban legend's lore.
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* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosDaughter Prospero Lost]]'', Mab ends up hanging in the closet at the Christmas feast. He tells Miranda he doesn't want to explain.
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* In ManiacMcGee, the entire 12th year of Maniac's life is completely unaccounted-for in the urban legend's lore.
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* In ManiacMcGee, ManiacMagee, the entire 12th year of Maniac's life is completely unaccounted-for in the urban legend's lore.
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-->"Good Lord, why am I so guilty? Is it because I hated my father? Probably it was the veal parmigian' incident. Well, what ''was'' it doing in his wallet?"
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* In ManiacMcGee, the entire 12th year of Maniac's life is completely unaccounted-for in the urban legend's lore.
* In ManiacMcGee, the entire 12th year of Maniac's life is completely unaccounted-for in the urban legend's lore.
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* Subverted in "Selections from the Allen Notebooks", from WoodyAllen's book ''Without Feathers'':
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-->"Good Lord, why am I so guilty? Is it because I hated my father? Probably it was the veal parmigian' incident. Well, what ''was'' it doing in his wallet?"
-->"Good Lord, why am I so guilty? Is it because I hated my father? Probably it was the veal parmigian' incident. Well, what ''was'' it doing in his wallet?"
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i go in to fix the grammar and i get carried away
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* This shows up occasionally in the ''NeroWolfe'' novels by Rex Stout. Occasionally, Archie will throw in a reference to previous cases that he'll either "write about later" or "can't be revealed due to privacy / security reasons".
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