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Also known as the 'Lord Privy Seal' effect, after [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVlfvdH7qwY&NR=1 a sketch] in which the Lord Privy Seal (a sinecure post in the British government) was illustrated with pictures of a nobleman, a lavatory and a pinniped. Since then phrases like "it's a bit Lord Privy Seal" have been heard across the halls of British television news production.
 
[http[Special:WhatLinksHere//tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=BRollRebus B-Roll_Rebus|Related]] to [[Aliens Made Them Do It|compulsive]] hyperlinking [http://www.adhd-report.com/biopsychiatry/bio_4.html syndrome] - the inclination to turn ''[[All Blue Entry|every]]'' word in text into a [http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ hyperlink], even if there's [[Captain Obvious|no need for explanations]] and the link [[Porn Without Plot|is not used to make any point]] or [[You Should Know This Already|minimal research is necessary anyway]]. Usually observed on [[Bee People|fans]] of [[The Other Wiki]], probably just because the wiki engine [[Text Formatting Rules|makes cross-linking so easy]]. We have it [[Just for Fun]] on [[This Very Wiki]]... if interested, jump over to [[All Blue Entry]].
 
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