Suggestion: Worlds Smallest Violin

A straight example from Reservoir Dogs or a close-up of current.

The second.

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I'd say the second.

(Annoyed grunt)

I actually prefer the first for not being quite so literal, even if it's funny.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

1.1 for being more representative of the trope

Prefer 1.1 by a lot, that's what the article is about. 1.2 is a parody, sort of.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

1.1.

As the caption, perhaps "Mr. White plays a solo for the waitresses and their tips."? Or the actual dialogue? "Do you know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin, playing just for the waitresses." That's already cited on the page in the example but the entry could be rewritten without the quote.

edited 9th Jan '16 2:21:23 PM by Willbyr

I'm not sure which I prefer...

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Eh, I'm changing my vote to 1.1.

(Annoyed grunt)

1.1, with "Do you know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin, playing just for the waitresses." as the caption.

edited 12th Jan '16 8:47:01 PM by Josef5678

Mr. Pink's dialogue will do.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Any more votes for 1.1?

Definitely 1.1.

I've never seen this Trope before, wow.

1.1 works.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?

Looks like we have consensus for 1.1, so switching it in. Will either suggestion in 7 work?

Meanwhile, let's play one for the old pic:

edited 15th Jan '16 8:00:18 PM by Berrenta

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I feel like 7.1 is the better caption.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?

I could go with that.

(Annoyed grunt)

I prefer the dialogue.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

I think the dialogue would work better.

Obviously the example will need to be change, though.

If I'm counting right, that's 2 votes for the reference and 3 for the actual dialogue. I'm good with either, but I lean toward the dialogue.

Since we've got a lot more threads to work on, I'm gonna go ahead and move on this. The dialogue is moved from the example to the caption and the example's been rewritten a bit. Locking up.