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== I could say this is [[Literature]], but I won't ==

* ''[[Discworld]]'' does this a lot.

** From ''[[~~Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|~~Wyrd Sisters]]'':

** From ''[[Wyrd Sisters]]'':

{{quote|'''Magrat''': "When's this play going to be, then?"

'''Fool''': "Marry, I'm sure I'm not allowed to tell you. The duke said to me, he said, don't tell the witches that it's tomorrow night."

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'''Magrat''': "I see."

'''Fool''': "But meet for sherry beforehand at seven-thirty, i'faith." }}

** Also Vimes in ''[[~~Discworld/~~Night Watch|Night Watch]]'': "And for close-up fighting, as your senior sergeant I explicitly forbid you to investigate the range of coshes, blackjacks, and brass knuckles sold by Mrs. Goodbody at No. 8 Easy Street at a range of prices to suit all pockets, and should any of you approach me privately I absolutely will not demonstrate a variety of specialist blows suitable for these useful yet tricky instruments."

** Also Vimes in ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'': "And for close-up fighting, as your senior sergeant I explicitly forbid you to investigate the range of coshes, blackjacks, and brass knuckles sold by Mrs. Goodbody at No. 8 Easy Street at a range of prices to suit all pockets, and should any of you approach me privately I absolutely will not demonstrate a variety of specialist blows suitable for these useful yet tricky instruments."

** Vimes thinks the dwarf and troll community leaders in ''[[~~Discworld/Thud|~~Thud]]'' are doing this, by "appealing for calm."

** Vimes thinks the dwarf and troll community leaders in ''[[Thud!]]'' are doing this, by "appealing for calm."

{{quote|"Do not use the weapons in the antiques cabinet-- no, not that one, the other one."}}

** [[~~Discworld/~~Interesting Times|We have not received an albatross from the Agatean Empire. It is not asking you to send a Great Wizzard.]] Continues with "Don't you mean they're NOT Agatean pictograms, sir?"

** ''[[Interesting Times]]'': "We have not received an albatross from the Agatean Empire. It is not asking you to send a Great Wizzard." Continues with "Don't you mean they're NOT Agatean pictograms, sir?"

** This trope is often subverted when it's tried on Mustrum Ridcully, who's usually too blunt and honest for this sort of underhanded thinking, or Fred Colon, who's merely confused by it.

** Except, however, in ''[[~~Discworld/Thud|~~Thud]]'', when Vimes goes to Ridcully for assistance in catching up with the bad guys (who have fled town).

** Except, however, in ''[[Thud!]]'', when Vimes goes to Ridcully for assistance in catching up with the bad guys (who have fled town).

{{quote|"We certainly would not be able to help you if you were to leave your coaches around the backside of the University at, say, eight o'clock?"}}

** And in ''[[~~Discworld/The Truth|~~The Truth]]'' William desperately needs more paper for the Ankh-Morpork Times, but the person selling it has already promised his entire stock to William's rivals and can't very well go back on his word. And speaking of words, he really needs to have one with his foreman, who seems to have left a loaded cart right by that wide-open gate over there where someone could just sneak in and drive off with it...

** And in ''[[The Truth]]'' William desperately needs more paper for the Ankh-Morpork Times, but the person selling it has already promised his entire stock to William's rivals and can't very well go back on his word. And speaking of words, he really needs to have one with his foreman, who seems to have left a loaded cart right by that wide-open gate over there where someone could just sneak in and drive off with it...

** It's in ''[[The Science of Discworld]]'', too. For various reasons, the wizards need books from the future. The Librarian can get them, but he isn't supposed to. Rincewind talks him into it and translates his answer as follows (paraphrased):

{{quote|"He says he's just going to get the books and pile them up here, ok? And then he's going to leave the room and you're not to look at them while he's gone, because he won't know you're doing it. And if he coughs before he comes back in it'll just be because he has a cough and not for any other reason, ok?"}}

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'''Buffy:''' Most importantly, [[And That Would Be Wrong|it would be ''wrong''.]] }}

* ''[[Scoundrels]]'': Cheryl asks Hope what her sister is up to. Hope indignantly protests that Wests don't rat each other out... then, when Cheryl gives in, adds, "Which is why I can't tell you to check her underwear drawer."

* On the Sky One production of [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[~~Discworld/Hogfather|~~Hogfather]]'', there's this conversation between Albert and Death:

* On the Sky One production of [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Hogfather]]'', there's this conversation between Albert and Death:

{{quote|"{{smallcaps|This is not Susan's affair. Which is why, you'll recall, that I expressly forbade her from interfering. Besides, it's against the rules.}}"

"Yeah, but you know how she is for disobeying rules, Master."