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1->''Now you know that the girls are just making it up\
2Now you know that the boys are just pushing their luck\
3Now you know that my ride doesn't really exist\
4And my name's not really on that list.''
5-->-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', "Prevenge"
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7-> ''Cause there's one small secret that's bugging you\
8It would break their hearts if they ever knew\
9there's a world outside and you can feel it coming in\
10Just pull the string\
11And this whole thing's coming down..''
12-->-- '''Music/JonathanCoulton''', "Pull the String"
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14->[''during a This Is My round, Lee is attempting to persuade the other team that the Mystery Guest taught him to swim in Southport when he was 30'']
15->'''Rob Brydon''': What made you think, at the age of 30, "I really ought to learn to swim"?
16->'''Lee Mack''': I moved to Brighton, and I had a flat that overlooked the sea--
17->'''Krishnan Guru-Murthy''': [[SpotTheThread Hold on]], so you moved to Brighton and travelled to Southport to have your swimming lessons?
18->[''beat, during which the audience laughs and [[OhCrap Lee realizes he is completely sunk]]'']
19->'''Rob''': (''delighted'') Thank you, sir!
20->'''Lee''': Erm, I moved to Brighton, looked at the sea, and thought "Oh my God, I'm terrified of the water, I'm moving back to Southport"--
21-->--''Series/WouldILieToYou''
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23->''Something's not right here. Let's go and poke it with a stick...''
24-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice Amy's Choice]]"
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26->'''Baldrick''': (''examining bite marks on Prince Edmund's neck'') My God, what's happened to your neck?\
27'''Edmund''': Oh! They're- they're love bites, actually!\
28'''[[ServileSnarker Baldrick]]''': They look more like [[BewareOfViciousDog dog bites]] to me.\
29'''Edmund''': (''laughs awkwardly'') Well, yes, she was, um- ''a bit of an animal''.\
30'''Lord Percy''': Oh, yes? [[DestructoNookie Fight to the death]], eh?\
31'''Edmund''': Oh, yes! As my tutor Old Bubble Face used to say, "Make love and be merry, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} for tomorrow, you may catch some disgusting skin disease]]!" (''He and Percy laugh together'')\
32'''Baldrick''': (''feeding a dwarf in a cage'') I'd be prepared to ''swear'' those are dog bites.\
33'''Edmund''': ''They are '''not''' dog bites''! She was ''very attractive''!\
34'''Baldrick''': Yeah, [[BestialityIsDepraved shiny coat, wet nose, clear eyes]].\
35'''Edmund''': '''No, Baldrick!''' It was a '''woman'''!\
36'''Baldrick''': [[YouKeepTellingYourselfThat Fair enough, my Lord]].\
37'''Edmund''': ''Right'', now that's sorted out... (''to Lord Percy'') ''Percy'', what are we up to today?\
38'''Percy''': Well, my Lord... I thought... that you and I... might take out a couple of prisoners and... [[SidetrackedByTheAnalogy Actually, my Lord,]] Baldrick might have a point. They ''do'' look like dog bites.\
39'''Edmund''': '''[[SuddenlyShouting Yes, all right! They're dog bites, they're dog bites! I got bitten by a dog!]] A woman pushed me off the ramparts, because she thought I'm so [[HollywoodHomely hideously ugly]], and I got ravaged by a rabid dog! Does that satisfy you?!'''\
40'''Baldrick''': Yes, my Lord.\
41'''Edmund''': '''GOOD! EXCELLENT! GOOD! RIGHT!''' (''tries calming down'') Yes, Percy, you were saying?!\
42'''Percy''': Right, my Lord. You and I... might take a couple of... [[LateToThePunchline So it wasn't a woman]]?\
43'''Edmund''': '''NO! It was a dog, it was a dog, IT WAS A BLOODY GREAT DOG!!!''' (''barks madly'')
44-->-- ''[[Series/{{Blackadder}} The Black Adder]]'', "[[Recap/BlackadderS1E4TheQueenOfSpainsBeard The Queen of Spain's Beard]]"
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46->''What you find is [[NeverOneMurder there’s never just one cockroach in the kitchen]] when you start looking around. Anytime you put focus on an organization that has hundreds of thousands of people ... you may very well find that it wasn’t just the one who misbehaved that you find out about.''
47-->-- '''[[https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/30/warren-buffett-on-wells-fargo-theres-never-just-one-cockroach-in-the-kitchen.html Warren Buffett]]'''
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49->[''A man with a leg brace walks into the clinic Mark is snooping in'']\
50'''Mark Sloan:''' What happened to you?\
51'''Man in Brace:''' I was rear-ended by a truck.\
52'''Mark:''' Were you in a car? [''Laughs''] Joke.\
53[''Mark presses on the man's leg, seeing no reaction. He looks up at the man's face'']\
54'''Mark:''' Do you have any tingling in the toes?\
55'''Man in Brace:''' Oh, yes, ''lots'' of tingling.\
56'''Mark:''' Shooting pains in the thumbs?\
57'''Man in Brace:''' Constantly.\
58'''Mark:''' Nose cramps?\
59'''Man in Brace:''' Night and day. [''The man lightly slugs Mark in the shoulder''] So how much you think I'm gonna get this time, doc-\
60'''Mark:''' Ten years.\
61'''Man in Brace:''' [''Shocked''] For what?\
62'''Mark:''' Insurance fraud, son. Go home.
63-->-- ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'', "''[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS2E1ManyHappyReturns Many Happy Returns]]''"
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