ComicBook.Death The Time Of Your Life: Trope Namer. Hazel rants about existential questions and how life isn't fair; the wise and all-loving Death gently says that asking such questions might as well be asking "When is purple?" or "Why does Thursday?"
Freefall.Tropes R To Z: Florence once tested a couple of robots for sentience by asking them "What does your name smell like?" The non-sentient one simply concluded that names cannot have scents and ended the conversation; the sentient one reasoned that while he had no sense of smell, Florence did, and for all he knew names having scents is a thing among Bowman's Wolves, so therefore the only way to answer the question would be to ask her.
Headscratchers.The Sandman 1989: Destiny's servants are in the background catering when we see the past Conclave, and are briefly mentioned bringing refreshments for the family meeting in Season of Mists, so he at least has some at times (if that means anything in his realm). Despair keeps rats, from that brief glimpse into her realm a whole lot of them. Delirium's realm is visited by the mad, and Death's realm is at least visited by the dead as they go to the Sunless Lands. Only Desire's realm is explicitly empty, as Desire cannot bear anyone else to have anything of theirs.
Music.Yes: Word Salad Lyrics: Intentional, as singer Jon Anderson used his lyrics as simply another instrument, choosing them more for sound than meaning. Therefore, many Yes lyrics are totally incomprehensible, with big amounts of When Is Purple. Despite this, he revised many of the lyrics several times; he noted that "Close to the Edge" underwent at least three or four revisions. Some lyrics really do click though, such as "Heart of the Sunrise"'s late appearance of "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you."Toned down significantly on 90125: Anderson was a late addition to the project and rewrote some lyrics to better suit his vocal delivery. They're probably the most understandable lyrics in Yes' catalogue, but still far from sane.
Music.Simple Minds: Word Salad Lyrics: Most of the lyrics and song titles on Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call. "In Trance As Mission," "Seeing Out The Angel," "Wonderful In Young Life" and "70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall" are good examples, but even songs with easier to understand titles like "Careful In Career," "League Of Nations," and "Love Song" have gratuitous When Is Purple content. John Peel is quoted as saying that the titles sounded like Crossword Puzzle clues.'Factory', from their second album is nearly indecipherable, with Kerr babbling his lyrics.
Recap.The Sandman 1989 Dream Country Arc: Earth Is Young: "A Dream of a Thousand Cats", the universe-as-we-know-it has always existed — but there used to be another universe where Earth was ruled by giant cats that used humans as slaves and toys to hunt. At some point (when doesn't matter), humans managed to share a dream that wrote the old reality out of existence as if it had never been and created the world as we know it.
