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** In ''Literature/SummerKnight'', Harry (deliberately?) does this to himself. He describes how an airplane is amazing- it's a 'large metal can't that somehow hangs in the air and can quickly get you from one place to another in a reasonable timeframe, but people will still complain about the drinks. This is immediately followed by him complaining that a StairwayToHeaven, a powerful magical effect that he personally wouldn't have been able to pull off, should have been an elevator.

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** In ''Literature/SummerKnight'', Harry (deliberately?) does this to himself. He describes how an airplane is amazing- it's a 'large metal can't can' that somehow hangs in the air and can quickly get you from one place to another in a reasonable timeframe, but people will still complain about the drinks. This is immediately followed by him complaining that a StairwayToHeaven, a powerful magical effect that he personally wouldn't have been able to pull off, should have been an elevator.
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* In ''Literature/SummerKnight'', Harry (deliberately?) does this to himself. He describes how an airplane is amazing- it's a 'large metal can't that somehow hangs in the air and can quickly get you from one place to another in a reasonable timeframe, but people will still complain about the drinks. This is immediately followed by him complaining that a StairwayToHeaven, a powerful magical effect that he personally wouldn't have been able to pull off, should have been an elevator.

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* ** In ''Literature/SummerKnight'', Harry (deliberately?) does this to himself. He describes how an airplane is amazing- it's a 'large metal can't that somehow hangs in the air and can quickly get you from one place to another in a reasonable timeframe, but people will still complain about the drinks. This is immediately followed by him complaining that a StairwayToHeaven, a powerful magical effect that he personally wouldn't have been able to pull off, should have been an elevator.
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* In ''Literature/SummerKnight'', Harry (deliberately?) does this to himself. He describes how an airplane is amazing- it's a 'large metal can't that somehow hangs in the air and can quickly get you from one place to another in a reasonable timeframe, but people will still complain about the drinks. This is immediately followed by him complaining that a StairwayToHeaven, a powerful magical effect that he personally wouldn't have been able to pull off, should have been an elevator.
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In the Big Chapter Book ''And the Great Ant Attack'', while the Bear family is on a picnic, Papa tells Brother "No sneaking tastes, please" when Brother is about to sneak a bit of cake frosting. Brother soon has to tell Papa the same thing when he catches Papa sneaking a pickle.

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* Much of the humour in ''Literature/ThePyatQuartet'' comes from the protagonist piously condemning precisely the sort of things he himself is guilty of , then twisting himself into knots trying to explain why it's different when ''he'' does it. E.g., he despises drug users, but of course the cocaine he snorts like it was going out of fashion isn't a drug, it's a healthy medicine and cure for all that ails you! No, with "drugs" he means things like morphine and hashish, which he also indulges in at times, but only because he was offered and it would have been impolite to decline, etc, etc...

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* In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', Trumpkin (a dwarf) initially calls the Pevensies "dear little friends." In context, he expected them to be adults, but they're actually children. They still rib on him for specifically calling them "little," though, and start calling Trumpkin the "dear little friend" instead.
* Much of the humour humor in ''Literature/ThePyatQuartet'' comes from the protagonist piously condemning precisely the sort of things he himself is guilty of , then twisting himself into knots trying to explain why it's different when ''he'' does it. E.g., he despises drug users, but of course the cocaine he snorts like it was going out of fashion isn't a drug, it's a healthy medicine and cure for all that ails you! No, with "drugs" he means things like morphine and hashish, which he also indulges in at times, but only because he was offered and it would have been impolite to decline, etc, etc...
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* ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': Leon Fou Bartfort criticizes Jean and Narcisse in his InnerMonologue, thinking they're like the typical dense protagonists of otome games who are completely ObliviousToLove. All while he himself doesn't notice how many women obviously fall for him left and right.
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** A story in the ''Smegazine'', written as a transcript of a conversation between the Dwarfers regarding the meaning of their names (started by Holly as a doomed attempt at psychological bonding), had Rimmer take every opportunity to insult his crewmates, while Lister sighed "Productive contributions, Rimmer". When they got round to ''his'' name, Lister suggested "Under-the-Rimmer, the famous toilet cleaner", and Rimmer was aghast at this childishness.

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** A story in the ''Smegazine'', ''[[Magazine/RedDwarf Smegazine]]'', written as a transcript of a conversation between the Dwarfers regarding the meaning of their names (started by Holly as a doomed attempt at psychological bonding), had Rimmer take every opportunity to insult his crewmates, while Lister sighed "Productive contributions, Rimmer". When they got round to ''his'' name, Lister suggested "Under-the-Rimmer, the famous toilet cleaner", and Rimmer was aghast at this childishness.
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* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': When William asks Hulda what's in the North Tower, she doesn't know, and guesses it was closed off because the housekeeper back then left it a disaster area and the Baron decided to lock it rather than deal with the mess -- "After all, the last housekeeper didn't take care of this place the way I do." William has to resist the urge to snort because Hulda is nowhere near as good as she claims, noting that he's written his signature in the dust all over the castle many, many times, and the only ones that aren't there anymore are because they got covered in new dust.
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** Most frequently is the lampshading of the MarsVenusGenderContrast, which is pervasive with both male and female POV characters grumbling about how the opposite sex are, say, incurable gossips - and at one point, Perrin hears both a man and a woman advise in quick succession that one should give one's partner their head so you can rein them in when it's important, and wonders ironically if they'd ever discussed that subject with each other.

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