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* In the [[Agatha Christie]] novel ''Why Didn't They Ask Evans?'', a boy comes across a scene with a wrecked car whose front-end is smashed into a stone wall with an injured woman hanging halfway out of the car. The boy asks, "Has there been an accident?" prompting another character to say, "No, the lady ran her car into the wall on purpose." {{spoiler|Though as a matter of fact, [[Sarcastic Confession|the lady did run her car into the wall on purpose.]] }}

* Referenced but averted in the ''[[Discworld]]'' short story "The Sea and Little Fishes". When Granny Weatherwax is [[We Want Our Jerk Back|trying to be "nice"]], Nanny is surprised to see her looking at a pink cardigan. Nanny's reaction is "You're not going to wear that, are you?" She would have been reassured to get the reply "No, I'm going to eat it, you daft old fool", but instead Granny just says "You don't think it would suit me?"

* From ''[[Rivers of London]]'', when Peter compares magic to jazz: