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**** Don't forget {{spoiler|Arthur's continued bad luck throughout the sixth book give Agrajag a happy ending}}
**** Don't forget {{spoiler|Arthur's continued bad luck throughout the sixth book give Agrajag a happy ending}}
** Contained in ''So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish'', Arthur and Fenchurch's first [[Mile-High Club|session]] is noted by a passenger on [[Look Ma, No Plane|a passing plane]], who is immensely relieved to find out that the world is nothing like she imagined. Towards the end of the novel, Arthur and Fenchurch are flying home from California, and are approached by the same passenger (who has been giving them odd looks throughout the flight) with the question "Do you two fly a lot?"
** Contained in ''So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish'', Arthur and Fenchurch's first [[Mile-High Club|session]] is noted by a passenger on [[Look Ma, No Plane|a passing plane]], who is immensely relieved to find out that the world is nothing like she imagined. Towards the end of the novel, Arthur and Fenchurch are flying home from California, and are approached by the same passenger (who has been giving them odd looks throughout the flight) with the question "Do you two fly a lot?"
* [[Timothy Zahn]] is good at these. In ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'' the thing Luke found on Dagobah, and Thrawn's vague hints about his plans, became important in the ''[[Hand of Thrawn]]'' duology. Of course, there are still [[What Happened to The Mouse?|dangling plot threads]].
* [[Timothy Zahn]] is good at these. In ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'' the thing Luke found on Dagobah, and Thrawn's vague hints about his plans, became important in the ''[[Hand of Thrawn]]'' duology. Of course, there are still [[What Happened to the Mouse?|dangling plot threads]].
* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series uses this trope extensively, with minor details in one book become important plot points in later books. For example, a brief biography of Albus Dumbledore given in the first book mentions that he defeated the Dark Wizard Grindelwald. It is not until the final chapter in the final book of the series that the reader learns {{spoiler|that Dumbledore had been a close friend of Grindelwald when he was young and that his defeat of Grindelwald brought him into possession of the Elder Wand, a wand of immense power that Lord Voldemort grows to covet.}}
* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series uses this trope extensively, with minor details in one book become important plot points in later books. For example, a brief biography of Albus Dumbledore given in the first book mentions that he defeated the Dark Wizard Grindelwald. It is not until the final chapter in the final book of the series that the reader learns {{spoiler|that Dumbledore had been a close friend of Grindelwald when he was young and that his defeat of Grindelwald brought him into possession of the Elder Wand, a wand of immense power that Lord Voldemort grows to covet.}}
** {{spoiler|In fact, most of the important reveals in the seventh book are call backs to previously mentioned objects, characters, and information.}}
** {{spoiler|In fact, most of the important reveals in the seventh book are call backs to previously mentioned objects, characters, and information.}}
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** Then we have the first Snitch Harry ever caught, and the throwaway mention of Regulus, the diary, AND the locket. Then there's the motorcycle, the casual mention of Sirius in the very first chapter of the first book... Rowling loves these.
** Then we have the first Snitch Harry ever caught, and the throwaway mention of Regulus, the diary, AND the locket. Then there's the motorcycle, the casual mention of Sirius in the very first chapter of the first book... Rowling loves these.
** In ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', when Mr. Weasely is in St. Mungo's, one of the portraits is absolutely convinced Ron has a deadly disease called spattergroit. In the seventh book, {{spoiler|Ron's cover story for running away to look for Horcruxes with Harry and Hermione is that he has spattergroit. He, Fred, and George charm the ghoul in the attack to have red hair and pustules.}}
** In ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', when Mr. Weasely is in St. Mungo's, one of the portraits is absolutely convinced Ron has a deadly disease called spattergroit. In the seventh book, {{spoiler|Ron's cover story for running away to look for Horcruxes with Harry and Hermione is that he has spattergroit. He, Fred, and George charm the ghoul in the attack to have red hair and pustules.}}
* Used extensively (and hilariously) in ''[[Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]]''. The Coleridge Dinner scene is practically one big [[Brick Joke]], with throwaway lines and events being referenced much later on.
* Used extensively (and hilariously) in ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''. The Coleridge Dinner scene is practically one big [[Brick Joke]], with throwaway lines and events being referenced much later on.
** For that matter, practically the entire book is like that. Almost any throwaway line anywhere in the book has some bearing on either plot, characters or backstory. Some just make better sense of other things, some are subtle foreshadowing, and some reappear long after you've forgotten them. It makes for a good second read.
** For that matter, practically the entire book is like that. Almost any throwaway line anywhere in the book has some bearing on either plot, characters or backstory. Some just make better sense of other things, some are subtle foreshadowing, and some reappear long after you've forgotten them. It makes for a good second read.
** Since the plot involves {{spoiler|time travel}}, bricks fly in both directions.
** Since the plot involves {{spoiler|time travel}}, bricks fly in both directions.
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]'' mentions that the sign on the Ankh-Morpork post office reads "NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT..." (in a parody of the motto on the US post building in New York). Eleven years later, Terry wrote ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', which reveals that the sign is spelled like that because several letters were stolen to make up the sign of a nearby hairdresser's called Hugos.
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]'' mentions that the sign on the Ankh-Morpork post office reads "NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT..." (in a parody of the motto on the US post building in New York). Eleven years later, Terry wrote ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', which reveals that the sign is spelled like that because several letters were stolen to make up the sign of a nearby hairdresser's called Hugos.
** An earlier brick joke would be in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]''. The Librarian's transformation into ape-hood is without much- if any- fanfare: ''And several of the wizards later swore that the small sad orangutan sitting in the middle of it all looked very much like the head librarian.'' Later on in the book we see the Librarian going "Oook" and accepting bananas.
** An earlier brick joke would be in ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]''. The Librarian's transformation into ape-hood is without much- if any- fanfare: ''And several of the wizards later swore that the small sad orangutan sitting in the middle of it all looked very much like the head librarian.'' Later on in the book we see the Librarian going "Oook" and accepting bananas.
*** This becomes a [[Running Gag]] throughout the series after the Librarian refuses to be turned back into a human.
*** This becomes a [[Running Gag]] throughout the series after the Librarian refuses to be turned back into a human.
** An example happens in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]''. Ponder Stibbons mentions in a throwaway line something along the lines of "I'm not a rocket wizard." Later in the book we see a picture of him wearing a t-shirt that says, "Actually I AM a rocket wizard."
** An example happens in ''[[Discworld/The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]''. Ponder Stibbons mentions in a throwaway line something along the lines of "I'm not a rocket wizard." Later in the book we see a picture of him wearing a t-shirt that says, "Actually I AM a rocket wizard."
** Another one occurs in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]''. Right at the start we are told that one Pastor Oats rode into a small town bringing...forgiveness. Not until right at the end do we find that {{spoiler|Forgiveness is [[I Call It Vera|the name of]] his Double-Headed Battle-Axe}}
** Another one occurs in ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]''. Right at the start we are told that one Pastor Oats rode into a small town bringing...forgiveness. Not until right at the end do we find that {{spoiler|Forgiveness is [[I Call It Vera|the name of]] his Double-Headed Battle-Axe}}
*** There was also {{spoiler|"come on if you think you're hard enough"}}.
*** There was also {{spoiler|"come on if you think you're hard enough"}}.
** The final battle between Mort and Death in the book ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Mort|Mort]]'', published in 1987, has the setup to a joke (?) that is only resolved in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', published in 1994.
** The final battle between Mort and Death in the book ''[[Discworld/Mort|Mort]]'', published in 1987, has the setup to a joke (?) that is only resolved in ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', published in 1994.
** In one Discworld book we're told that Rincewind could scream in panic in seceral languages, and that this is an important skill to have since while to us "ARGH!" might just be a panicked scream, in some languages it's a phrase translating into "Your wife is a great big hippo!" Later, something scary happens. How does Rincewind react?
** In one Discworld book we're told that Rincewind could scream in panic in seceral languages, and that this is an important skill to have since while to us "ARGH!" might just be a panicked scream, in some languages it's a phrase translating into "Your wife is a great big hippo!" Later, something scary happens. How does Rincewind react?
{{quote| "'Your wife is a great big hippo!" Rincewind said. }}
{{quote| "'Your wife is a great big hippo!" Rincewind said. }}
** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' and other early Discworld novels, much was made of the fact that wizards avoid saying the number between 7 and 9 (they use room numbers like "7a" instead of the number in question), because it tends to attract the attention of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]. As Discworld moved away from being a generic fantasy pastiche and started being an original world in its own right, this plot point became less and less important, and in fact went unmentioned for ''years'' (and at least a dozen novels). Then ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' came out, the first Discworld book since ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' to use chapters. And what followed chapter 7? ''Chapter '''7a'''''.
** In ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' and other early Discworld novels, much was made of the fact that wizards avoid saying the number between 7 and 9 (they use room numbers like "7a" instead of the number in question), because it tends to attract the attention of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]. As Discworld moved away from being a generic fantasy pastiche and started being an original world in its own right, this plot point became less and less important, and in fact went unmentioned for ''years'' (and at least a dozen novels). Then ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' came out, the first Discworld book since ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' to use chapters. And what followed chapter 7? ''Chapter '''7a'''''.
** A very early Rincewind book featured the line ''"!" said Rincewind''. In ''Interesting Times'', he sees the pictogram in Agatean that's equivalent to an exclamation point, which looks like a dog urinating, and in a moment of surprise we get ''"Oh, urinating dog," said Rincewind''.
** A very early Rincewind book featured the line ''"!" said Rincewind''. In ''Interesting Times'', he sees the pictogram in Agatean that's equivalent to an exclamation point, which looks like a dog urinating, and in a moment of surprise we get ''"Oh, urinating dog," said Rincewind''.
** Early in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', one of the Lancre Morris Men Granny Weatherwax is noted to have given someone two red pills as a cure for an animal, who is told to "stick it where the sun don't shine". Another Morris Man gets confused about the phrase (there's a gorge near the town of Slice known as [[Punny Name|"The Place Where the Sun Don't Shine"]]), and one of his friends tries to clarify it with the phrase "where the monkey put his nuts". Near the end of the book, said friend tries to trick the still confused guy into asking the Librarian (an ape who [[Berserk Button|gets rather testy about being called a monkey]]) "where he put his nuts". The trickster eventually gets thrown into a river by the Librarian.
** Early in ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', one of the Lancre Morris Men Granny Weatherwax is noted to have given someone two red pills as a cure for an animal, who is told to "stick it where the sun don't shine". Another Morris Man gets confused about the phrase (there's a gorge near the town of Slice known as [[Punny Name|"The Place Where the Sun Don't Shine"]]), and one of his friends tries to clarify it with the phrase "where the monkey put his nuts". Near the end of the book, said friend tries to trick the still confused guy into asking the Librarian (an ape who [[Berserk Button|gets rather testy about being called a monkey]]) "where he put his nuts". The trickster eventually gets thrown into a river by the Librarian.
** Early in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'', Sam Vimes discusses coats of arms with the head of the College of Heralds. One of the coats of arms described is for the candlemaker, Arthur Carry. Unlike the rest of the coats of arms, which use [[Canis Latinicus|Old Morporkian]], this one uses recent language, with the inscription "Art Brought Forth the Candle," a bad play on the word Art--a name and a profession. Near the end of the book, after we've learned that {{spoiler|the candlemaker has been poisoning Vetinari's candles with arsenic}}, Vimes translates the inscription into {{spoiler|"Ars Enixa Est Candelum"--or, The Candles are Arsenic}}.
** Early in ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'', Sam Vimes discusses coats of arms with the head of the College of Heralds. One of the coats of arms described is for the candlemaker, Arthur Carry. Unlike the rest of the coats of arms, which use [[Canis Latinicus|Old Morporkian]], this one uses recent language, with the inscription "Art Brought Forth the Candle," a bad play on the word Art--a name and a profession. Near the end of the book, after we've learned that {{spoiler|the candlemaker has been poisoning Vetinari's candles with arsenic}}, Vimes translates the inscription into {{spoiler|"Ars Enixa Est Candelum"--or, The Candles are Arsenic}}.
** In the beginning of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]]'', a wizard called Drum Billet dies and asks {{smallcaps| DEATH}} what it would be like to be reincarnated into an ant. At the end, it is revealed that Drum Billet is an ant now.
** In the beginning of ''[[Discworld/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]]'', a wizard called Drum Billet dies and asks {{smallcaps| DEATH}} what it would be like to be reincarnated into an ant. At the end, it is revealed that Drum Billet is an ant now.
*** Perhaps the biggest, it's mentioned at the end of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]]'' the Esk and Simon go on to develop a whole new kind of magic, after this they seemingly disappear from the plot, until ''[[Discworld (Literature)/I Shall Wear Midnight|I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', in which the new form of magic is revealed {{spoiler|it's time-travel}}.
*** Perhaps the biggest, it's mentioned at the end of ''[[Discworld/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]]'' the Esk and Simon go on to develop a whole new kind of magic, after this they seemingly disappear from the plot, until ''[[Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight|I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', in which the new form of magic is revealed {{spoiler|it's time-travel}}.
**** With only slightly less of a delay: It's mentioned in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'' that Ridcully want the university to form a team to compete in the 'City and Guilds' a sort of primitive form of rugby/football. And then just recently we get ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', a book about, surprise surprise, the Unseen University forming a football team.
**** With only slightly less of a delay: It's mentioned in ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'' that Ridcully want the university to form a team to compete in the 'City and Guilds' a sort of primitive form of rugby/football. And then just recently we get ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', a book about, surprise surprise, the Unseen University forming a football team.
** In ''[[All There in the Manual|Nanny Ogg's Cookbook]]'', a recipe for peppermint candies provided by the Master of Assassins is accompanied by strong editorial warnings ''not'' to include one of the listed ingredients, which is arsenic. Much later in the book, an illustration shows a rat holding a peppermint while the Death of Rats peers over its shoulder, which is captioned: "We really meant that about the arsenic."
** In ''[[All There in the Manual|Nanny Ogg's Cookbook]]'', a recipe for peppermint candies provided by the Master of Assassins is accompanied by strong editorial warnings ''not'' to include one of the listed ingredients, which is arsenic. Much later in the book, an illustration shows a rat holding a peppermint while the Death of Rats peers over its shoulder, which is captioned: "We really meant that about the arsenic."
* Another Terry Pratchett book, ''[[Nation]]'', makes a joke about Mrs. Ethel J. Bundy's Birthday Island early on. In the second-last chapter, {{spoiler|it turns out to be a real place}}.
* Another Terry Pratchett book, ''[[Nation]]'', makes a joke about Mrs. Ethel J. Bundy's Birthday Island early on. In the second-last chapter, {{spoiler|it turns out to be a real place}}.
* In the first book of the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, it's established that during the war against Panis Rahl, the [[Evil Overlord]] had cursed all the red fruit grown in the Midlands to be poisonous, and nobody has been able to undo it. This isn't brought up again for the rest of the series until {{spoiler|the last book, when Richard, after using the Power of Orden, reveals among the other wrongs he's set right, he's undone the enchantment on the red fruit.}}
* In the first book of the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, it's established that during the war against Panis Rahl, the [[Evil Overlord]] had cursed all the red fruit grown in the Midlands to be poisonous, and nobody has been able to undo it. This isn't brought up again for the rest of the series until {{spoiler|the last book, when Richard, after using the Power of Orden, reveals among the other wrongs he's set right, he's undone the enchantment on the red fruit.}}
* In ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'', the story breaks the fourth wall to ask the audience what they think happened to the child who was [[Switched At Birth|one of the children switched at birth in order to give the Antichrist to some parents]]. The joke, at the time, is that it's most likely that some horrible thing happened to him, but if it makes us feel better we can imagine that he grew up normally, maybe having a hobby of collecting tropical fish. Later on in the book, an irrelevant character is briefly discussed... who has a habit of collecting tropical fish. Interestingly, in ''that'' brief mention of the character, the story mentions that he's a [[Gentle Giant|big, clumsy child that any American football coach in the world would kill to have on his team]]. Cut to the end of the book, and it mentions that {{spoiler|the Antichrist altered a magazine the kid was reading so he would learn about, and be interested in, American football.}} (That bit was specifically added to increase the potential market in the USA for the book.)
* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', the story breaks the fourth wall to ask the audience what they think happened to the child who was [[Switched At Birth|one of the children switched at birth in order to give the Antichrist to some parents]]. The joke, at the time, is that it's most likely that some horrible thing happened to him, but if it makes us feel better we can imagine that he grew up normally, maybe having a hobby of collecting tropical fish. Later on in the book, an irrelevant character is briefly discussed... who has a habit of collecting tropical fish. Interestingly, in ''that'' brief mention of the character, the story mentions that he's a [[Gentle Giant|big, clumsy child that any American football coach in the world would kill to have on his team]]. Cut to the end of the book, and it mentions that {{spoiler|the Antichrist altered a magazine the kid was reading so he would learn about, and be interested in, American football.}} (That bit was specifically added to increase the potential market in the USA for the book.)
** In another chapter, the book talks about the tabloid that [[Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse|War]] moonlights as a War Correspondent for (she always seems to be the first wherever a war breaks out. ''before'' it happens, even!), and talks about the kind of outlandish articles it usually publishes. The book mentions that one of the example stories is actually true, and later in the story quietly shows you which one it is.
** In another chapter, the book talks about the tabloid that [[Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse|War]] moonlights as a War Correspondent for (she always seems to be the first wherever a war breaks out. ''before'' it happens, even!), and talks about the kind of outlandish articles it usually publishes. The book mentions that one of the example stories is actually true, and later in the story quietly shows you which one it is.
*** That particular brick actually hits '''twice'''.
*** That particular brick actually hits '''twice'''.
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* In Anthony Horowitz's ''The Night of the Scorpion'', the first chapter shows the main character and his sidekick travelling to South America from England. During the flight, the sidekick tries to learn some Spanish, but the only sentence he can get right is "Una cabra se comió mi pasaporte" ("A goat ate my passport"). Cue the last chapter, weeks later, the characters are resting in a farm and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the guy goes to fetch his passport in his room...]]
* In Anthony Horowitz's ''The Night of the Scorpion'', the first chapter shows the main character and his sidekick travelling to South America from England. During the flight, the sidekick tries to learn some Spanish, but the only sentence he can get right is "Una cabra se comió mi pasaporte" ("A goat ate my passport"). Cue the last chapter, weeks later, the characters are resting in a farm and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the guy goes to fetch his passport in his room...]]
* In [[Leven Thumps]], Leven's favourite number is 11. {{spoiler|Not only is his name E. Leven, but it takes 11 thumps to knock down the tree and save the world.}}
* In [[Leven Thumps]], Leven's favourite number is 11. {{spoiler|Not only is his name E. Leven, but it takes 11 thumps to knock down the tree and save the world.}}
* In the opening chapter of ''Aurora i Holland'', Anne-Cath Vestly throws a brick at the final line in the book. Aurora's grandmother is concerned about the girl turning into a tiny adult with no time to be a kid, so her father tells Aurora to go out and play and "be a kid". After pondering these cryptic words, Aurora goes to her BFF and asks he to come out and ''play kids''. After they spend a chapter trying to find out how to play at being kids (!), the main plot kicks in to take Aurora and her family to [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Holland]] and back. After they come home the BFF turns up to tell Aurora:
* In the opening chapter of ''Aurora i Holland'', Anne-Cath Vestly throws a brick at the final line in the book. Aurora's grandmother is concerned about the girl turning into a tiny adult with no time to be a kid, so her father tells Aurora to go out and play and "be a kid". After pondering these cryptic words, Aurora goes to her BFF and asks he to come out and ''play kids''. After they spend a chapter trying to find out how to play at being kids (!), the main plot kicks in to take Aurora and her family to [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Holland]] and back. After they come home the BFF turns up to tell Aurora:
{{quote| "Tomorrow we can play you-know-what."<br />
{{quote| "Tomorrow we can play you-know-what."<br />
"What?"<br />
"What?"<br />
"Kids." }}
"Kids." }}
* In the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book "It Came From Beneath the Sink", the "Encyclopedia of the Weird" is consulted to identify the titular creature. When it is mentioned that the monster is a Grool, it is pointed out on the bright side it's not the more dangerous Lanx. At the end of the story, the protagonist is confronted with a Lanx.
* In the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book "It Came From Beneath the Sink", the "Encyclopedia of the Weird" is consulted to identify the titular creature. When it is mentioned that the monster is a Grool, it is pointed out on the bright side it's not the more dangerous Lanx. At the end of the story, the protagonist is confronted with a Lanx.
* [[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]] parodies [[Dramatic Timpani]] by having the dramatic flourish during {{spoiler|Spaceship One's transormation into Mega Maid}} be provided by an ''actual'' timpanist. This timpanist is later seen as one of the evacuees when the [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]] is activated.
* [[Spaceballs]] parodies [[Dramatic Timpani]] by having the dramatic flourish during {{spoiler|Spaceship One's transormation into Mega Maid}} be provided by an ''actual'' timpanist. This timpanist is later seen as one of the evacuees when the [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]] is activated.
* In his autobiography ''Anything Goes,'' [[John Barrowman]] mentions that he has never had any children, and he's absolutely sure of it. Several chapters later, he discusses being a gay man and having a girlfriend, who (and I paraphrase) "only convinced him that he was a player for the boys' team. And now [[I Know You Know|you know how I know]] that I don't have any kids."
* In his autobiography ''Anything Goes,'' [[John Barrowman]] mentions that he has never had any children, and he's absolutely sure of it. Several chapters later, he discusses being a gay man and having a girlfriend, who (and I paraphrase) "only convinced him that he was a player for the boys' team. And now [[I Know You Know|you know how I know]] that I don't have any kids."


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