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->''"Your wife. Is she a... a goer? Eh? Know what I mean?"''
-->--'''Arthur Nudge''', ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''

->''"Now who wants to go swimming in my pool? And by pool, I mean bathtub. [[DontExplainTheJoke And by swimming, I mean SEX]]!"''
-->-- '''JFK''', ''CloneHigh''

Subversion of the DoubleEntendre. Classically, a DoubleEntendre is used because the people who shouldn't be exposed to the content won't even notice it's there. IfYouKnowWhatIMean is a follow-up to a DoubleEntendre used to ensure that the audience "gets" that it's there.

This can either be because the writer thinks that [[ViewersAreMorons the audience is very stupid]], or because the character is.

Typical phrases used this way include [[ThatsWhatSheSaid "That's what she said!"]] (''very'' British variant - "...as the actress said to the bishop," apparently [[OrphanedPunchline the punchline of a joke long since lost to the mists of time]]), [[HehHehYouSaidX "Hee hee, you said '',"]] and, of course, "If you know what I mean," sometimes plus "-and I ''think'' you do." British viewers and MontyPython fans may know this best as "Wink-wink nudge-nudge say no more." Air Force personnel (at least in the U.S. Air Force and -perhaps to a lesser extent- the Canadian Air Force) will probably also be very familiar with the use of "so to speak" in this context.

See also DontExplainTheJoke. Has a distinct familiarity with DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything

If the person being talked to ''doesn't'' know what you mean, it becomes EntendreFailure.

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* The dark anime ''ParanoiaAgent'' was not without its humor:
-->'''Maniwa''': For women like her, who subconsciously act repressed, you have to have patience and delicacy. Like peeling a ripe apple.
-->'''Ikari ''': So you wanna peel her apple?
-->'''Maniwa''': Ya'know, women hate dirty jokes.
* In the billiards ([[SeriousBusiness seriously]]) manga ''Breakshot'', one of Chinmi's early opponents has a... his... his right arm is very muscular and doesn't seem quite in proper proportion with the rest of his body. While this isn't commented on (beyond "Wow, what a muscular arm"), the implications speak for themselves.

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* ''Finbarr Saunders'' of the controversial "adult" comic ''{{Viz}}'' was a parody of this. He would react to any even marginally suggestive line with spluttered laughs ( written 'Fnarr fnarr') eyeball rolling, nudges ('Eh? Eh?'), and silly catchphrases ('As the actress said to the bishop'), but would put innocent interpretations on the words of his mother and Mr Gimlet the lodger as they went off to have sex.
-->'''Mrs. S:''' How about a little shag, Mr Gimlet?
-->'''Mr. G:''' Righto, Mrs. Saunders, I'll just get me pipe out.
-->Finbarr assumes she's offering him some tobacco.

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[[folder: Fan Fic ]]

* In ''{{Pokegirls}}'', the Tamers' primary objective is to catch the monster girls and... ''tame'' them, if you get my drift. Yup.
* Hilariously done in the Evangelion/Gurren Lagann Crossover [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5184649/2/Neon_Toppa_EVA_Lagann Neon Toppa EVA Lagann]], a hospital gown clad[[spoiler:Kamina]] wakes up from a three-week coma in a Tokyo-3 hospital and asks Simon why he's not wearing any pants. Simon tries to explain, though never outright elaborates, that it was easier for the nurses to clean him while he was...dirty. [[spoiler:Kamina]] gets it almost immediately and is horrified that he'd do such a thing. When Simon tries to comfort him with the fact that since he'd been asleep for so long it was only natural that during his slumber he'd need to use the bathro-, he's understandably cut off.

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[[folder: Film ]]

*Subverted in the film ''[=BASEketball=]'', in which Baxter Cain repeatedly utters this line, but each time is referring to the purely literal meaning of the DoubleEntendre, rather than the lewd one.
**Judging by his reaction (extreme annoyance) every time his female friend shows up having completed a new task, one could easily infer that he's referring to the lewd meanings but she doesn't get it (no matter how blatant his suggestions are).
* The murder-mystery spoof ''MurderByDeath'':
--->'''Twain''': No, don't look at each other! Look at me! I’m the greatest! I'm number one!
--->'''Sam Diamond''': To me, you look like number two. Know what I mean?
--->'''Dora Charleston''': ... What ''does'' he mean, Miss Skeffington?
--->'''Miss Skeffington''': I'll tell you later. It's disgusting.
* In the third ''SpiderMan'' movie with Eddie Brock/Venom and Mary Jane
--->'''Venom''': Oooh, my spider sense is tingling... if you know what I'm talking about.


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[[folder: Literature ]]

* "As the actress said to the bishop" is actually the CatchPhrase of the GentlemanThief, ''TheSaint''.
* Oddly, since the author is American, in GeneWolfe's ''{{Book of the New Sun}}'', one character [[spoiler: an android]] Jonas is fond of inserting "as x said to y" comments in his speech, although unlike most examples, they don't always have a bawdy connotation.
*[[{{Discworld}} Nanny Ogg]] quite often used double entendres (though, as the books note, hers were ''single'' entendres and proud of it.)
--> "Just twist the first thing you can grab", as the High Priest said to the vestal virgin.
** Nanny Ogg's actions are occasionally ''described'' like this. For example, she often likes to [[BawdySong sing]] about how fortunate the hedgehog is compared to an unbelievable number of other animals.
* In ''[[StarWars Vision of the Future]]'' when a crazily unlikely event ends with Luke Skywalker landing on top of Mara Jade, she asked him: "Are you going to get off me? Or are you just getting comfortable?" Hee hee.
* Sam Weller of ''ThePickwickPapers'' probably deserves mention, as he has a CatchPhrase of "Wellerisms", all of which are of the "As the X said to the Y" type.
* Total in ''MaximumRide'' says this in the 5th book.
->''"Gotta go. Timmy's in the well. If you know what I mean."''
-->-- Total, before walking away with Akila.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

*The "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3_UCm1A5I Nudge, Nudge]]" sketch from ''MontyPython'' is, as the quote above indicates, one of the most famous examples of this gag.
* ''TheFrantics''' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q8AuX-9Hs4 "Dirty Words"]] sketch, in which a man does this with neutral words from newspaper headlines.
-->'''Dirty Words Man:''' Areas!\\
'''Man Reading Newspaper:''' That's not a dirty word.\\
'''Dirty Words Man:''' It is if you say it right.
** It is if you're a [[FanNickname Bowie fan]]. Then again, that's [[/folder]]

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. There can be only one!
*On ''{{Friends}}'' it was a running gag that when Joey said something raunchy, he'd follow up with an explanation in case the others didn't catch his meaning, which they always did. Once he said, "If you know what I mean," to which Monica replied, "Joey? We ''always'' know what you mean."
** In an earlier episode the Friends were comparing sex to a concert, comparing foreplay to a comedian, and penetration as the band. The women say that they should bring back the comedian for a second go a bit more often otherwise they might just end up listening to the album of the band instead. Joey responds with: "...We're still talking about sex, right?"
*An entire game on ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', using the trope name, is devoted to IfYouKnowWhatIMean jokes. It features the performers turning ''every single line'' into a double entendre by ending every sentence literally with, "If you know what I mean." The game's comedic value comes from the players thinking up ever more elaborate metaphors, often going to the point where they don't make any sense eg. the infamous: "Can I help you fluff your Garfield?"
** This game was occasionally subverted by Colin Mochrie, with lines like "No, I don't know what you mean," or "I'm going to go to the bathroom." The other members would simply react in mock disgust when it came to subverting.
* As TomLehrer put it (heh) in the song Smut, ''When correctly viewed, everything is lewd!''
* In an episode of ''{{NewsRadio}}'', Bill hastily informs Dave of Lisa's potential sexual endeavors using a euphemism. Dave, who was no longer dating Lisa, doesn't have a strong reaction to the news, which causes Bill and Mr. James to assume he didn't catch the euphemism:
--> '''Bill:''' You know what that means, don't you?\\
'''Dave:''' Yes.\\
'''Mr. James:''' That means sex.\\
'''Dave:''' ''I know.''
* In ''{{Scrubs}}'', The Todd, who commonly uses the DoubleEntendre, will also use more obvious references, such as the classic "That's what ''she'' said!" or when a character ([[AnythingThatMoves usually]] female) mentions they're looking for something, he'll pop up and say "I got your 'object sought for' right here!" and motion to his crotch. He'll also explain his references from time to time.
** The Todd has even turned the word "innuendo" into a double entendre by saying it as "inYOURendo".
** Not to mention his "I'd like to double her entendre" line. This troper's personal favorite.
* Michael Scott, of the US version of ''TheOffice'', frequently adds "that's what she said" to statements. In the episode ''Dunder Mifflin Infinity'', it was revealed that he keeps a list of things he can say just to be able to add those four words.
-->'''Pam:''' "That job looks hard." "You should put your mouth on that." How can you even use that one naturally?
-->'''Michael:''' Blowing up balloons, I thought.
* As noted above (and I can't believe so much was posted on this topic without someone noting this before me), "If you know what I mean, and I think you do." is the catch-phrase of famed drive-in film critic and monster-movie show host [[http://www.joebobbriggs.com/ Joe Bob Briggs]], who wasn't allowed to describe most of the events of the movies he reviewed in his original position as a newspaper film critic.
* ''{{House}}'' provides an inversion when a physical therapist orders Dr. House to use a quad cane:
-->'''Cameron:''' Nice cane.
-->'''House:''' ...if I know what you mean!
** Similarly...
-->'''House:''' Dr. Cuddy! LOVE the outfit! Says "I'm professional, but I'm still a woman." Actually, it kinda ''yells'' that second part.
-->'''Cuddy:''' Yeah, and your big cane doesn't mean anything either.
* On ''{{Titus}}'', Chris Titus's [[TheDitz special]] brother Dave once had a sequence where he repeatedly made very obvious references to the fact that he and his new girlfriend were having sex, ending each line with "If you know what I mean!" Chris: "We've all cracked your little code, Dave."
* On ''NightCourt'', when Dan catches Bull in a hotel room with his little sister:
-->'''Dan Fielding:''' "You guys didn't sleep together did you?"
-->'''Bull Shannon:''' "Of course not!"
-->'''Dan:''' *sighs in relief*
-->'''Bull:''' "We just had sex!"
* This is the catch phrase of Harris from ''{{Dinosaurs}}'' in the episode "What Sexual Harris Meant"

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[[folder: Music ]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQXECBdPgEA Physical]]
* "Love Sex Magic" by Ciara.
--> "So let me drive my body around you / I bet you know what I mean"
* Likewise, "Shut Up And Drive" by Rihanna.
* Spinal Tap has a song called "Big Bottom," where a few blindingly obvious Double Entendres are punctuated with "You Know What I Mean!"
* Stephen Lynch's song "If I Were Gay".
--> "It's not that I don't care; I do / I just don't see myself in you / Another time, another scene / I'd be right behind you, if you know what I mean!
* Bloodhound Gang' song "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo", which is FunWithAcronyms by the way, has lyrics that consist entirely of this trope though the use of [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]].
** Likewise their song "The Bad Touch." Try saying IfYouKnowWhatIMean after ever line...it's very entertaining.
* Peaches, when she bothers with double entendres instead of single ones.
--> "'Cause I wanna take you downtown/Show you my thing..."
* Right Said Fred, "I'm Too Sexy."
--> "I'm a model, you know what I mean..."
* "Squeeze Box" by The Who
--> "Mama's got a squeeze box / She wears it on her chest / And when Daddy comes home / He never gets no rest / 'Cause she's playing all night / If the music's all right / Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night! / And it goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out ...
* "Oh Yeah" by Yello.
* AC/DC's "Big Balls," of course. Surprised that little gem hadn't made it in yet.

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[[folder: New Media ]]

* Done many times on this wiki alone. IfYouKnowWhatIMean.
** Hee hee, they said "insert double entendre here"
* There is a HarryPotter bumper sticker on Facebook that says, "[[InnocentInnuendo Polishing my wand]] in the common room is okay. '[[DoubleEntendre Polishing my wand]]' is not."
** There's another one that goes "I'd like to put my basilisk into your Chamber of Secrets."
***[[GeekyTurnOn Geeky Turn On]]?
***This is a fantastically bad idea, by the way.
* Very common on many gaming forums where someone will pounce at the chance to make a sexual joke once someone mentions they want a video game that is "hard and long."
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Reading Right To Left]]'', when describing the female leads of ''OnePiece'':
-->'''Y Ruler of Time:''' "They're pretty well-developed {{If You Know What I Mean}}... And I mean that they're very interesting and rich characters with complex [[{{Back Story}} back stories]] that make them both entertaining and interesting to read about."
** Played Straight later on when referring to the female leads of "Bleach"

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[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]

* ''MyCage'' features a strip were Norm mentions to Rex that even though he wasn't able get a dinner reservation he and Bridget still have "plans" for the night (complete with ribbing and winking)
**Rex correctly guesses that said "plans" are eating mac and cheese in front of {{Heroes}}

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[[folder: Theater ]]

* ''SweeneyTodd'' contains the following discussion of what to do with a dead body. Note that the script manages to use "if you get it" as a non-sexual double-entendre:
--->'''Mrs. Lovett''': Think of it as thrift, as a gift, if you get my drift!
--->'''Todd''': No.
--->'''Mrs. Lovett''': Seems an awful waste... I mean, with the price of meat. What it is, when you get it, if you get it...
--->'''Todd''': Ahh...
--->'''Mrs. Lovett''': Good you got it.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Some og Jimmy's lines from earlier on in {{Bully}} were... less than clever.
-->'''Jimmy:'''Uh... wanna go study... uh, anatomy?
** Inverted later on in the game, when he drops this line:
-->'''Jimmy:''' ''Nice shoes.''Let's make out.
* Speaking of "Wink wink nudge nudge say no more" one of the ''MightAndMagic'' games went just a few steps farther, with a thieves guild saying "wink wink nudge nudge casual looks and glances, need I say more, know what I mean know what I mean?"
* Shenmue: "Sailors, Well, I always see them near bars. Well, you know what I mean. I just see them hanging out. Most of them are pretty big, so you can't miss them. Umm, I heard that there's a bar where sailors hang out, but I don't know the place because I never wanted to go to such a bar, you know. It's best to stick to your regular drinking hole, if you know what I mean." I am very afraid that I do know what you mean, Komine.
* ''Black & White'': On the first island, one of the tasks involves finding supplies for sailor explorers. They ask for wood (to finish their ship), grain (to eat) and meat (because grain gets boring). If you give them a sheep, the sailor responds with, "Oooooh. Sheep have many uses."
** "And it IS a long voyage."
* [[CapcomVsWhatever SNK VS Capcom: SVC Chaos]]. [[FatalFury Mai Shiranui]] VS [[SamuraiShodown Earthquake]].
--->'''Mai:''' Yikes! Now that is one obese belly!
--->'''Earthquake:''' Gah, huhuhu... [[MostCommonSuperpower you're a bit bulgy in places too!]]

* Kino uses this in ''{{Chrono Trigger}}'', (Kino is Ayla's boyfriend by the way):
-->Marle: You're my distant ancestor. So you'd better have strong, healthy kids or I'll be in trouble!
-->Kino: Heh, heh! No worry, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Ayla MUCH energy!]]
-->Marle: Yeah she does!
-->*blinks*
-->Marle: Wait... What did you mean by that?
-->Ayla: Kino dumb! Ayla go now!
-->*Ayla drags Kino through the time portal and they leave*
* In ''DragonAge'' you have option to say "If you know what I mean" while romancing Alistair

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* Seen in [[http://xkcd.com/174/ this]] ''{{xkcd}}'' strip.
** And taken to its logical conclusion [[http://xkcd.com/366/ here.]]
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] [[http://xkcd.com/436/ here]], where she actually said it. "It" being a request for sex.
** And used to confuse people in the similar statement "no pun intended" (same indication, different meaning) [[http://www.xkcd.com/559/ here.]]
* ''PennyArcade'' uses this a lot, but in particular exemplified by their recurring newscaster, Randy Pinkwood (whose name in its own right is not so much a DoubleEntendre as a ''single'' one).
-->"I don't know whether she was serious [about Communism], but she certainly seized the means of production, if you know what I'm talking about. And I think you know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about my ''penis''."
* ''StuffSucks'' had this. "I think she wants to be his buddy. (short pause) His ''sex'' buddy. (short pause) If you know what I mean."
* ''OutsideInterference'': The following conversation, after Kate explains to Hollie about her broken arm:
--->'''Kate''': Sucks, though, 'cause now I have to do everything left-handed.
--->'''Hollie''': (opens her mouth to speak, grinning broadly)
--->'''Kate''': NO. Shut up.
--->'''Hollie''': But-
* It's astonishing no-one has mentioned ''VGCats'' yet. [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=286 This sort of thing]] is pretty much Leo's modus operandi.
* Played with [[http://mountaincomics.com/2009/07/23/bryan-brown/ here]] in ''Mountain Time'', as it's hard to be sure if we really know what he means. It's not hard to make an educated guess, though.
*Webcomics written by members of the United States Air Force, such as AirForceBlues and Crew Dogs, often feature jokes revolving around the frequent real-life use of the catchphrase [[http://www.afblues.com/?p=1197 "so to speak"]] following any off-color double entendre (intentional or otherwise) by Air Force personnel.
* ''AnsemRetorts'': After Axel and Zexion fuse into Andrew Jackson to kill the werepire [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=557 Here]], Naminé asks Aerith if they (The viewers, I think) needed an explanation on the battle. Aerith responds, then follows up with something a little too...personal for Namine's tastes.
-->'''Namine:''' Do we need an exposition here?
-->'''Aerith:''' Axel. Zexion. Andrew Jackson. Werepires. We're good. I gotta say Namine, this violence is pretty hot.
-->'''Namine:''' ...What?
-->'''Aerith:''' God, it'll be crazy! Axel'll get into the Oval Office, if you know what I mean.
-->'''Namine:''' La la la, I'm not listening!
-->'''Aerith:''' You heard it. You can't unhear it!

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''BeavisAndButthead'' would go into hysterics over any use of the word "wood", "hard", or the like. You can imagine the conversations they had in the movie when they visited the petrified forest.
* ''FamilyGuy'' occasionally features characters wandering completely off subject to point out a double entendre to anyone nearby (such as the fact that the lead character's name is "Peter"). And let's not forget ''this'' exchange when Peter and Brian are assembling a crib:
-->'''Brian:''' Okay, now just [[IkeaErotica insert support rod "A" into slot "B"]].
-->'''Peter:''' That's what she s-
-->'''Brian:''' If you say "that's what she said" again, I'm going to pop you!
** Or for that matter....
--->'''Quagmire:''' That one is also sexual.
** And, in a rather protracted example:
---> '''Lois:''' The big meet is today, and I thought you were...
---> '''Peter:''' Did you just say "big meat"?
---> '''Lois:''' Oh, my God! I did.
---> (''they laugh'')
---> '''Lois:''' We almost missed that one.
---> '''Peter:''' I know. That was a close one.
** And lest we forget this classic:
---> '''Peter:''' Just don't forget our deal, Lois. I sit through this and later tonight I get anal. You hear me? No matter how neat I want the house you have to clean it.
*** ThisTroper wonders, who gets it from who?
*''KingOfTheHill'' once featured a (villainous, as far as the show ''has'' villains) character who would insert, "That's what ''she'' said" in response to anything that could even remotely be considered a DoubleEntendre.
*''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Bloo tells Mac that one of the games going on during a wild house party is "Ring around the Rosey, if you know what I mean". Mac says he doesn't know, Bloo admits that he doesn't either. A conjoined trope with ParentalBonus.
* Pick a Phil Ken Sebben scene in ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''. "Ha ha! Dangly parts!", "Ha ha! Not to Scale!", "Ha ha! Multiple entendre." etc...
* ''CloneHigh'''s JFK provides us with many such examples, in addition to the page quote.
**"Some of us are trying to nail Catharine the Great. Or should I say 'Catharine the SO-SO!'"
**"Don't worry, Cleo. I can help you stay ''up'' all night ''long''. Notice how I accentuated the words "up" and "long". Now let's ''bone'' up for the PXJT test. Guess what the P stands for? PENIS!"
* ''TheSimpsons'' episode "The New Kid on the Block" subverts the subversion:
-->'''Laura's mother:''' Well, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes. I want to be fixed up with one of your friends as soon as you can arrange it. After all, Homer, I do have the normal... appetites.
-->'''Homer:''' Heh, heh, heh... I know what you mean. (pause) Just let me make sure we're not talking about food.
-->'''Laura's mother:''' I'm not.
-->'''Homer:''' Right! Me, neither. (pause) We're talking about sex, right?
-->'''Laura's mother:''' Right.
-->'''Homer:''' I hear you loud and clear.
* ''{{Animaniacs}}'': Pretty much any time a double entendre comes up in the dialog of the show, '''Yakko''' would say "Good night everybody!", generally drawing attention to it for those in the know (children probably still didn't get it).
* ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Spanish Fry" has Bender being semi-dedicated to this trope yelling several from off camera, complete with 'WHOOO!', not surprising given that the show is about aliens attempting to harvest Fry's "lower horn" as a potential aphrodisiac.
-->'''Fry:''' Look, normally I'm the first guy to toot his own lower horn...
-->'''Bender:''' I'll say. Whooooo!
-->'''Fry:''' But in this case, I just don't think it's going to work.
-->'''Bender:''' That's what she said. Whooooo!
**and later that episode:
-->'''Lrrr:''' Mmm, this jerked chicken is good. I think I'll have Fry's lower horn jerked.
-->'''Bender:''' It's used to it. Whoooo!
**and not to forget:
-->'''Fry:''' I never thought I'd escape with my doodle but i pulled it out!
-->'''Bender:''' Just like at the movie theater. Whooooo!
*** The DVD commentary notes that Bender is shouting these comments from offscreen in several cases because they just kept adding more in to lampshade all the entendres.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''
--->'''Captain Hammer''': [*raises fists*] And ''these'' are not the Hammer. [*exits*] [*returns*] [[DontExplainTheJoke The Hammer is my penis]].
* [[JeepersMedia Mike Mozart]] just loves making cracks at toys that look more sexual than they appear.
* ''RedVsBlue'' has Tucker and his catchphrase "bow-chika-bow-wow!" He'll say it in response to himself or someone else.

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