Spyder: I thought maybe you guys could give me a little information about what it's like workin' for the Mob, if not give me a recommendation or at least a contact.
Guido: Connection.
Spyder: What's that, Swatter?
Guido: I said 'Connection.' In normal business you have contacts. In the Mob, the first step is to get 'connected.'
Nunzio: ...
Or so we've heard. I dunno. We might be able to share a few
rumors with you. What do you want to know?
"Vince McMahon did stage his own death a couple of years ago, his limo blew up. How do I know that? I read it in a... in a book somewhere. I wouldn't have known it otherwise. *clears throat*"
- Chris Cotter, FOX Business
As you browse wikis or participate in forums, at times there will be a great example of the subject at hand that pops into your mind. The problem is that you'd rather not admit to watching that show. "I think in that show there was an example of a
Harmless Villain. Or so I heard..." Yeah, right. You don't think so, you know so. You've seen every episode, and you know that villain's motivations, relationships, and
Embarrassing Middle Name.
This usually stems from:
- Media not targeted at your demographic, especially being in an extreme Periphery Demographic.
- The work being a guilty pleasure.
- The work being pornographic.
- The work being So Bad Its Horrible, but you saw the whole thing anyway.
- Any work that elicits "I can't believe I sat through that!"
- A work you are willing to defend on its own merits. But admitting you know it means you probably know of plenty you won't defend.
Around here
There Is No Such Thing As Notability, so odd examples that fit are just fine. And there is sometimes a pride in knowing obscure knowledge of an obscure show.
Note that in this wiki, this is not only used as part of a
Lampshade Hanging, but also straight when someone really
has only heard about something.
Examples for
being this:
Examples for
using this:
- This strip
from Loserz.
- This strip from It's Walky.
- "They're the very devil to forge, I know that," said Moist. "Or so I've been told," he added quickly. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
- MS T3k - During The Atomic Brain, Mike compares a scene to The Facts of Life Go to Europe. ("Not that I've seen it...")
- Darths And Droids:
When playing a roleplaying game, the most important thing you can do to ensure the safety of your character is never leave the room and let the other players continue playing in your absence.
Even if your character survives the experience, it's times like this when you end up drunk, on a train to Vladivostok, with no money or ID, chained to a toilet cubicle sink, and dressed in a clown costume.
No, I have no personal experience of this. Why do you ask?
- Ashes To Ashes: "It's like something out of a German porn film... apparently."
- Father Ted: Uses this in one episode, wherein the titular character and his fellow priest, Father Dougal, accidentally find themselves in "The largest lingerie section in all of Ireland... Or so I've been told." They then proceed to meet a number of other Priests who have "accidentally" found themselves in the store, and the scene turns into a war film parody as Ted leads the band to escape out the fire exit without anyone noticing half a dozen priests surrounded by ladies' intimate items.
