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->'''Mr. Conklin''': Let's try to get organized, shall we? Clear thinking is the ticket. Lacking an oar, we shall need to improvise a sail immediately. I shall need a large, white garment. Miss Brooks?
->'''Miss Brooks''': You won't get a stitch from me.
->'''Mr. Conklin''': Well, then, Boynton. I suggest we use your shirt as a sail.
->'''Miss Brooks''': [[LoveInterest Second the motion. And let's throw in his undershirt, too, sir. Ha. His shirt ought to do nicely.]]
-->-- ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'', "An American Tragedy"
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* In ''Film/CastAway'', Creator/TomHanks' character escapes the island after making a raft, the sail of which is the corner section of a port-a-john that washed up on shore

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* In ''Film/CastAway'', Creator/TomHanks' character escapes the island after making a raft, the sail of which is the corner section of a port-a-john that washed up on shoreshore. He had tried sailing out before, but the improvised sail gives him the extra power needed to make it past the waves breaking over the surrounding reef.
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* In ''Film/{{Napoleon}}'', the title character uses the ''Tricolore'' as a makeshift sail when fleeing Corsica.

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* In ''Film/{{Napoleon}}'', ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'' (1927), the [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte title character character]] uses the ''Tricolore'' as a makeshift sail when fleeing Corsica.his native UsefulNotes/{{Corsica}}.

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