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{{quote| ''"He's killed himself," she cried. "It's unfort'nate stiggs done over again - there goes another counterpane - god pity his poor mother! - it will be the ruin of my house. Has the poor lad a sister? Where's that girl? - there, Betty, go to Snarles the Painter, and tell him to paint me a sign, with - "no suicides permitted here, and no smoking in the parlor;" - might as well kill both birds at once."''}}
{{quote| ''"He's killed himself," she cried. "It's unfort'nate stiggs done over again - there goes another counterpane - god pity his poor mother! - it will be the ruin of my house. Has the poor lad a sister? Where's that girl? - there, Betty, go to Snarles the Painter, and tell him to paint me a sign, with - "no suicides permitted here, and no smoking in the parlor;" - might as well kill both birds at once."''}}
* In the [[Frederick Forsyth]] novel ''Icon'', a man is considered unsuitable to be in line for the Russian throne because he's too old, he has no children (which means no one can come after him), he screws around too much, including with his servants, and *gasp* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Heinous|he cheats at Backgammon]].
* In the [[Frederick Forsyth]] novel ''Icon'', a man is considered unsuitable to be in line for the Russian throne because he's too old, he has no children (which means no one can come after him), he screws around too much, including with his servants, and *gasp* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|he cheats at Backgammon]].
* [http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Drugs-Cocoa-Puffs-Manifesto/dp/0743236017 Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs] by Chuck Klosterman.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Drugs-Cocoa-Puffs-Manifesto/dp/0743236017 Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs] by Chuck Klosterman.
* [[Harlan Ellison]]'s autobiographical essay [http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm The 3 Most Important Things in Life] lists them as Sex, Violence and Labor Relations, the third being the most famous story of the three.
* [[Harlan Ellison]]'s autobiographical essay [http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm The 3 Most Important Things in Life] lists them as Sex, Violence and Labor Relations, the third being the most famous story of the three.