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ThatFanwiththeGlasses
Since: May, 2014
28th Mar, 2024 01:45:35 PM
Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
JMQwilleran
Since: Nov, 2011
28th Mar, 2024 07:10:53 PM
Smite Me O Mighty Smighter and Bolt of Divine Retribution also potentially apply if they actually invoke a deity.
A character tells a story and everyone think's he's lying, they then say "If I am lying then may I get run over by a truck/ struck by lightning etc" then what they said comes true.
An example is in the Merry Melodies short "The Trial of Mr. Wolf." He says "run over by a street car." then a street car runs him over