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{{quote|''Due to overwhelming reader response, I have added breasts to the space dinosaur cowboy.<br />
This was not a statement I was expecting to make today (or ever), but your logic is irrefutable and I am not above admitting my own mistakes.''|Editorial comment on [http://nonadventures.com/2011/09/02/das-reboot/ this strip], ''[[The Non -Adventures of Wonderella]]''}}
 
This is when [[It Makes Sense in Context|odd conditions]] prompt someone to say something utterly crazy-sounding, and someone else (usually the local [[Deadpan Snarker]]) comments that "I doubt that's ever been said before" or "Now there's a sentence that doesn't get used much", or similar. Essentially a [[Stock Phrase]], but hard to name as such since it can be formulated in a ton of different ways.
 
Contrast [[I Would Say If I Could Say]], when an ordinary expression is factually inapplicable. Compare [[I Can't Believe I'm Saying This]]. Usually involves [[It Makes Sense in Context]] or even [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context]].
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', a reporter reminisces on the advice he gave earlier in the film on how to handle the unfolding [[Zombie Apocalypse]]:
{{quote| "It's just not something you ever expect to have to say on air: '[[Removing the Head Oror Destroying Thethe Brain]]'."}}
** In a metaliscious twist, the reporter is not an actor, but an actual newsreader in real life. If you watch closely during his scenes, he's working very, very, very hard to maintain a straight face. (In an even more metaliscious twist, cracking up on screen is known as [[Corpsing]].)
 
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== Literature ==
* [[Charlie Brooker]], in his "Screen Burn" column: "Downright heartwarming. That's a phrase I don't use very often. I don't have a heart." Also comes up after a description of something absurdly weird on TV "... which is a sentence I never thought I'd write."
* Played with in ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]''. During ''White Night'', Dresden is explaining how he managed to get Thomas into the Deeps on Raith Manor. Paraphrased:
{{quote| '''Harry:''' I knew Thomas could find his way there, because he was almost killed there by a cult of porn-star sorceresses.<br />
'''Molly:''' Hold up. I could have sworn that you just said "cult of porn-star sorceresses" just now.<br />
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* In [[Gentleman Bastard|The Lies of Locke Lamora]], Calo says, "Rejoice! The Sanza brothers are returned!", and Jean uses this as an insult, wondering "if that particular combination of words has ever been uttered by anyone, before now."
* The [[Stephen King]] memoir/writing guide ''On Writing'' notes that any noun and any verb, put together, make a legitimate sentence. This includes even the strangest ones, his example being "Plums deify" (which becomes a [[Running Gag]]).
* Christopher Moore's ''[[Fluke, or, I Know Why Thethe Winged Whale Sings]]'' contains this gem:
{{quote| "Shoes off inside the whale! And don't try and make a break for the anus." Two things that, if asked about an hour earlier, Nate might have said with conviction he'd never hear in a lifetime of conversation. }}
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', "Santa Claus vs. The Martians":
{{quote| '''Martian:''' No one on Earth will ever know that Santa Claus was kidnapped by Martians!<br />
'''Joel:''' Do you realize what you just said. }}
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{{quote| '''Susan:''' But I want you to remember, I intend this breast satirically!<br />
'''Patrick:''' Now there's a sentence that can't come up too often. }}
* ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]''
** "The One with the Holiday Armadillo"
{{quote| '''Monica:''' Okay, Ben, why don't you come open some more presents? And Santa, the armadillo and I will have a little talk in the kitchen. There's a sentence I never thought I'd say.}}
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* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'':
{{quote| '''Paul Merton:''' You come along here with your bowl of fruit and you think you're [[Isaac Newton]]!... And how many times has that sentence been uttered in anger?}}
* From the ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' episode "iGive Away a Car":
{{quote| '''Freddie:''' Well, you better throw that cupcake hard and hope it's sticky.<br />
'''Carly:''' That's not something you hear every day. }}
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* ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'': [[Character Filibuster|"... Our language, tiger, our language, hundreds of thousands of available words, frillions of possible legitimate new ideas, so that I can say this sentence and be confident it has never been uttered before in the history of human communication:]] ''Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.''"
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E5 The Rebel Flesh|The Rebel Flesh]]":
{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' I have to get to that cockerel before all hell breaks loose! ([[Beat]]) "I never thought I'd get to say [[Oh, No, Not Again|that]] [[Noodle Incident|again.]]"}}
* From ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'', after the gang has learned that [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Lowell's family possesses a huge family trust which all Mathers get a huge payout from upon turning 31 1/2 years old:
{{quote| '''Antonio:''' God, if only I'd been born a Mather!<br />
'''Joe:''' Now there's something you don't hear every day. }}
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* From the quest description of the ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' quest "A Wolf in Bear's Clothing":
{{quote| "These Worgen take us for fools! One would think that only an idiot would mistake one of their druids in bear form as a real bear. Unfortunately, there are many idiots here at the Forsaken Front. We've already lost a few battalions to organized worgen bear attacks. Yes, it's even more idiotic than it sounds."}}
* ''[[Rhythm Heaven (Video Game)|Rhythm Heaven Fever's]]'' description of the "Tap Trial" minigame:
{{quote| Think you've got what it takes to tap-dance with the monkeys? (Has anyone ever written that sentence before?)}}
 
 
== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]'' features an example of this in the third case. When talking to Gumshoe about the murder in court he says, "The basic outline is that the Steel Samurai murdered the Evil Magisrate using the samurai spear." to which Phoenix replies, "That's something I never thought I would hear uttered in a court..."
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'':
{{quote| '''Wight #1:''' Did that halfling just hit me in the face with a pineapple?<br />
'''Wight #2:''' I think he did. Also, I think no one has ever asked that exact question in the history of civilization, so [[Bonus Points]] there. }}
* ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]''
** [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=824 This strip]:
{{quote| '''T-Rex:''' I've allowed my love of gravy to distract from my prescriptivist linguistic crusade!<br />
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'''Utahraptor:''' Hah! Is that the first time that sentence has ever been said?<br />
'''T-Rex:''' Utahraptor, please! That sentence is BASICALLY my daily affirmation. }}
* The writers of ''[[Darths and Droids (Webcomic)|Darths and Droids]]'' were pleased with using the phrase "[[The Scrappy|Jar Jar]], [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|you're a genius]]", which got zero hits on Google before the strip went online.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]''
** The comic joked about this in a rant that included the phrase, "Because I only have one radiation suit."
** Another one: "I bet nobody else in the history of the world has ever had cause to utter the word sequence, 'accidentally had their vital organs removed. [[Oh, No, Not Again|Again.]]'"
* A comic of ''Funny Farm'' featured Ront describing the steps required to reach the town of Bucket, which involved going through the Phukket river and ends up summarizing it as "Going around the Phukket until they climax in Bucket." and, as his brother cracks up, remarks that he can't believe that sentence just came out of his mouth.
* ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' has done this a few times, with Google searches rather than spoken sentences (since there's no way to verify the latter).
** Before [http://xkcd.com/696/ this] comic went online, there were no hits for "strip [[Winnie the Pooh|Poohsticks]]", "strip [[The Phantom Menace|podracing]]", "strip [[wikipedia:Iterated prisoners dilemma|iterated prisoner's dilemma]]", "strip [[wikipedia:Correspondence chess|chess by mail]]", or "strip [[wikipedia:Conways Game of Life|Conway's Game of Life]]".
** Similarly, as [http://xkcd.com/458/ this] comic's [[Alt Text]] points out, before it went up there were [[Take That|no hits]] for "I'm glad I saw ''[[EpicSeltzer Movieand (Film)Friedberg|Epic Movie]]''."
** See also under [[Web Original]], when he checked a number of other rare phrases (this was a blog entry, not a comic).
* From ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''
{{quote| '''Sarah:''' Part of me just wants to "get a room" with her. But that's just crazy! I don't want to lose my virginity [[Gender Bender|as a guy]], and I sure as heck don't want to risk getting Elliot pregnant! Which, by the way, is a sentence I ''never'' thought I'd say.}}
* Following an edit made to [http://nonadventures.com/2011/09/02/das-reboot/ this strip] of ''[[The Non -Adventures of Wonderella]]'', the author wrote:
{{quote| ''Due to overwhelming reader response, I have added breasts to the space dinosaur cowboy. This was not a statement I was expecting to make today (or ever), but your logic is irrefutable and I am not above admitting my own mistakes.''}}
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' gives us this meta-example from [[Andrew Hussie]]'s [https://twitter.com/#!/andrewhussie/status/195366116502142976 twitter]:
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== Web Original ==
* Comes up from time to time on [[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]]:
** [[That Dude in Thethe Suede]] once described ''[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Anime)|The Girl Who Leapt Through Time]]'' as "[[X Meets Y|Like]] ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]'' if Bill Murray was a teenage girl." Apparently it's #145 on the list of things he never thought he would say.
** ''[[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|The Spoony Experiment]]'': Spoony when he gets frustrated with Squall being [[The Stoic]] during the balcony scene with [[Hot Teacher|Quistis]].
{{quote| "[[Self-Deprecation|I don't often say this]], but I have so much better moves than this guy!"}}
** ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'':
{{quote| '''Linkara:''' I just said "heroic raisin". My dignity will never be the same.}}
** [[Obscurus Lupa]] came across one in ''Mindwarp''.
{{quote| '''Villain:''' I never thought I could deflower my daughter, but I can.<br />
'''Lupa:''' That's not a line you hear everyday. }}
** Nash came across one in the crime episode of ''[[What the Fuck Is Wrong With You (Web Video)|What the Fuck Is Wrong With You]]'', Nash said... this. It makes sense in context. Kinda.
{{quote| '''Nash:''' You can debate the right or wrong of the police seizing his penis, and I never thought I would have to say those words.}}
** [[Brows Held High|Oancitizen]] reviews Art films. These come with the territory, all though this one he had to point out.
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** In the Obscurus Lupa and Cinema Snob crossover, ''The Asylum's Sherlock Holmes'', The Cinema Snob gives this gem:
{{quote| '''Snob''': I never thought I'd say this, but the climax of the movie involves ''Sherlock Holmes'' in ''a hot air balloon'' fighting ''Iron Man'' in a ''giant robot dragon'' while ''Watson'' rides on horseback to ''stop an android from blowing up '''Buckingham Palace'''''! I can't even make a joke about that!}}
* Nash and his cohost on live Radio Dead Air version of ''[[What the Fuck Is Wrong With You (Web Video)|What the Fuck Is Wrong With You]]'', Tara, have to use these from time to time. In context. ''Based on real life events.'' The following was in response to putting a... [[Unusual Euphemism|novelty item]] in your bosses coffee after a man was accused of using it on women.
{{quote| '''Tara:''' And you will know, he is deep throating an invisible cock. <ref>Such an item does not exist before you ask.</ref><br />
'''Headline:''' Woman dies from sex with dog. }}
* ''[[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]]''
** From the recap of ''[[Zardoz]]'': "Then we cut to a naked May explaining Marxist philosophy while mathematical formulae are projected on her breasts. And you know, sometimes you type a sentence that makes you stop and ask yourself, did I really just type that?"
** A stand-out line in ''[[Overdrawn Atat the Memory Bank]]'': "Desirée! You could have gotten mustard all over his brain!"
{{quote| '''Albert:''' Yeah, just take a second and stare at that line for a while. It's a beauty. Lines that insane only come along once every so often.}}
* ''Encyclopedia Obscura'' review of the terrible movie ''[http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/moviesrobovampire.html Robo Vampire]'':
{{quote| ''I would just like to point out that you just read about a ghost and a gorilla vampire trying to have sex when they suddenly are interrupted by a robot out to get a drug lord. You will ''never'' read that again in ''any'' other context, so cherish this moment before it's gone.''}}
* From a review of ''[[Trio the Punch]] - Never Forget Me'': "Colonel Sanders also has midget power. I hope to the gaming powers that be that this is the first time in the history of life that anyone has typed 'Colonel Sanders also has midget power'."
* The ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' blog had an [http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/12/03/some-lists/ entry] devoted to phrases that turned up no hits on Google ("ate a violin," "driver-side bidet") as well as phrases Randall had hoped would turn up no hits but actually did ("full-body glissando," "passenger-side bidet").
* [http://www.qdb.us/300501 From QDB:]
{{quote| my cock is as big as snow leopard's :P<br />
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{{quote| ''You should hear Clint Barmes play "April Come She Will" on the acoustic second-base-area. It'll bring a tear to your eye. (That might be the weirdest sentence I've ever written. Fuck it. I'm leaving it in. It's 12:25 a.m.)''}}
* [http://www.slowbeef.com/MG2/index.html This playthrough] of ''[[Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake]]'' takes time off (in chapter 58) to recount how [[Slowbeef|the writer]] mentioned the use of the phrase "It's just not hamster stupid" to a friend.
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=84652.msg2271836#msg2271836 This poster] on the ''[[Dwarf Fortress (Video Game)|Dwarf Fortress]]'' forums is trying to save dwarves from bug-induced [[Spontaneous Human Combustion|spontaneous dwarven combustion]]<ref>If you turn off temperature and get your dwarves doused in magma or [[Breath Weapon|breathed on by a fire demon]], they'll burst into flames when you turn it back on.</ref> by dropping the afflicted dwarves into a pool of water, which, as pointed out, is pretty much the only time you'll hear a DF player use the phrase "plummeted to their salvation".
* [[Cracked]]
** , [http://www.cracked.com/article_19207_the-7-most-terrifyingly-huge-things-in-history-nature_p2.html The 7 Most Terrifyingly Huge Things in the History of Nature]
{{quote| ''After all, you figure that surely the female must be a huge hulking example of the species to even be able to [[It Makes Sense in Context|fit a sperm longer than the freaking male of the species inside of]]... oh we can't even finish this sentence [[Lampshade Hanging|it's just too weird.]]''}}
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19558_the-7-dumbest-video-game-innovations-that-actually-exist.html In another article], "Is it a law that all urine games must have a pee pun in their title? Are we the first people to ever type those words?"
* Game Informer, in an [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/07/01/prepare-yourself-for-the-baconing.aspx online article announcing an upcoming game], stated: "The sequel will require [[Death Spank (Video Game)|Death Spank]] to enter the Fires of Bacon in order to bring peace back to Spanktopia. There's a sentence I never thought I would write."
* In his review of [[Batman: Arkham Asylum]], [[Zero Punctuation (Web Animation)|Yahtzee]] starts a sentence with, "But once I'd mentally adjusted for Batman's underpants", and captions the screen, "I bet no-one's ever said this sentence before".
* From [http://szaleniec1000.livejournal.com/7471.html this sporking] of ''[[Deserving (Fanfic)|Deserving]]'':
{{quote| "Harry wants to deny Severus a magical epidural because he doesn't want to be soft on crime. Now there's a sentence you don't type every day."}}
** The same sporker, [http://szaleniec1000.livejournal.com/30080.html concerning] ''[[Hogwarts Exposed (Fanfic)|Hogwarts Exposed]]'':
{{quote| "So Hermione hates Hooch because she ate her nipple. That's a sentence I never thought I'd type and I hope I never have to again."}}
* [[Let's Play|Letsplays]] in general often have this, especially if the game in question has something like an [[Audience-Alienating Premise]], like ''[[The Binding of Isaac (Video Game)|The Binding of Isaac]]''. Northernlion, well-known for having a 120+ video-long Letsplay of The Binding Of Isaac, sometimes says things like "Okay, as soon as I clear these flies, I'm going to shoot that screaming fetus." or "Suck it, Diglett!" (in reference to a type of very annoying burrowing enemy that resembles the Pokemon Diglett.) He often lampshades this.
* [[The Comics Curmudgeon]], [http://joshreads.com/?p=12532 in this post]:
{{quote| ''Today’s ''[[Barney Google and Snuffy Smith|Snuffy Smith]]'' sent me on an etymological voyage of discovery, which is a sentence that I’m pretty sure has never been written before and will never be written again.''}}
* [http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/08/bioshock-infinites-motorised-patriot-is-evil-robot-george-washington-with-a-gatling-gun/ An article] on ''[[Bio Shock Infinite (Video Game)|Bio Shock Infinite]]'' from ''PC Gamer'' bears the headline "Bioshock Infinite’s Motorised Patriot is evil robot George Washington with a gatling gun", and begins "I didn’t think I’d find myself writing that headline when I woke up this morning."
{{quote| }}
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]''
** Phineas and Ferb's crazy plans and those of Dr. Doofenshmirtz can easily lead to this:
{{quote| '''[[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Doofenshmirtz]]:''' Oh, Vanessa, thank goodness you're here! A platypus has tied me up in my own pants!<br />
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{{quote| '''Phineas''': We've got to lead that corn colossus away from those back up singers!<br />
'''Isabella''': OMG, coolest sentence ever! Somebody write that down. }}
* In the ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' episode "Haylias", Hayley's [[Trigger Phrase]] is explicitly mentioned as being a combination of words that no-one in the world would ever say -- "I'm getting fed up with this orgasm!"
** ''[[Family Guy]]'' used a similar gag in "Spies Reminiscent of Us", with the phrase "[[Acceptable Targets|Boy, that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet.]]"
 
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