Cut a Slice, Take the Rest: Difference between revisions

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== Music ==

* "Taxman", by [[The Beatles]], seems to fit this trope well:

{{quote| Let me tell you how it will be/There's one for you, nineteen for me/'Cause I'm the taxman,/Yeah, I'm the taxman~~<br />~~

{{quote|Let me tell you how it will be/There's one for you, nineteen for me/'Cause I'm the taxman,/Yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five percent appear too small/Be thankful I don't take it all/'Cause I'm the taxman,/Yeah, I'm the taxman }}

** This was [[Truth in Television]]. When the Beatles recorded this song, 95% was indeed the tax rate in Britain at the top tax bracket, which the Beatles' earnings put them in.

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== [[Real Life]] ==

* Jeremy Clarkson describes his attempts to reduce the pain of consuming [[Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce]]:

{{quote| So, dimly remembering that Indians use bread when they've overdone the chillies, I cut a slice, threw it away and ate what remained of the very expensive Daylesford loaf, like a dog. }}

{{quote|So, dimly remembering that Indians use bread when they've overdone the chillies, I cut a slice, threw it away and ate what remained of the very expensive Daylesford loaf, like a dog. }}

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