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[[File:Dig_Deeper_3562Dig Deeper 3562.jpg|link=Misfile|frame| [[Shutting Up Now|You should stop now.]]<br />While you still can.]]

{{quote|''"Ah! You can read... I mean, you are reading. Sorry. It's nice to see people reading. Not a lot of people read these days. People prefer to... hear. But all this 'hearing' is just reading for lazy people. Kids today should be prepared to pick up a book, and not just go around the whole time with all these modern... ears. Sometimes I just wanna rip people's ears off and say 'Read a book, for God's sake!'... Well, actually I'd probably say 'Read a book' first and then rip their ears off, otherwise they wouldn't hear me, hehehe... Actually, I probably wouldn't rip their ears off at all, I'm not a violent person. I like ears! Especially women ears, they're my favorite. I don't mean I collect them or anything! I don't have a big bucket of women ears hidden away somewhere. No, No, No, I'm not after your ears really. Not that there's anything wrong with your ears! You know if I ''was'' some kind of mad ear person, your ears would be the pride of my... ear bucket."''|'''Jeff''', ''[[Coupling]] -- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}hstPHM3R1dY "The Girl with Two Breasts"]''}}

{{quote|'''Kaorin''': ''(Sigh) [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Sakaki]] is [[Fan Girl|so cool]]...''<br />

'''Osaka''': ''[[The Cuckoolander Was Right|Kaorin, are you gay?]]''<br />

'''Kaorin''': ''[[You Keep Using That Word|The correct term is lesbian]]! [[That Came Out Wrong|Uh, not that I'm a lesbian]]!! ''(next strip)'' It's just, you know, [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|a teenage thing]]. That's all. Anyway, that's not what I meant when I said she was cool. Just to prove it, [[If It's You It's Okay|I wouldn't mind if she was a guy]]!''<br />

''([[Beat]])''<br />

* Happens in an [[Baker's Dozen|extra episode]] of ''[[Durarara!!]]'', when some poor sod attempts to talk down [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Shizuo]] with flattery and compares him to a really popular [[Bishonen]] actor, Yuuhei Hanejima. Unfortunately for him, said actor is actually Shizuo's little brother, whom Shizuo is ''[[Big Brother Instinct|very]]'' protective of, and he instinctively interprets the namedrop as an attempt to invade Yuuhei's privacy through him. Of course, since the poor sod doesn't know this, he just thinks Shizuo's suddenly angry because he ''hates'' Yuuhei -- soYuuhei—so he [[Like a Weasel|rescinds his previous statement and calls Yuuhei an asshole.]] The only thing surprising about [[Unstoppable Rage|what happens next]] is that the poor sod actually ''survived''.

== ComicbooksComic Books ==

'''Beetle:''' ...Ohmygodyou'renotreallyBatman... [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|OhgodIsaidthatoutloud]]...<br />

'''Batman:''' Jaime...<br />

* Used as a visual metaphor in the furry comic ''[[ISOI.s.o.]]'', when Cody has to swiftly make up lies about his supposed girlfriend to keep his parents from finding out about Doug, as well as the fact he's on the outs with Todd [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and has a roommate he can't stand]].

'''Jim''': Well, that's because you've got big jugs! [[Oh Crap|I mean, your boobs are huge.]] [[Backhanded Compliment|I mean, I want to squeeze them.]] [[Digging Yourself Deeper|I mean...]] }}

* Was''[[Coupling]]'' madeturns this into something of an art byform: ''[[Coupling]]'', in whichmany attempted conversation-starters, usually by the hapless Jeff, devolved into such subjects as amputation, andone collectingof humanwhich earsprovided inthe a bucket.page Inquote factabove, thisas pagewell usedas tothe beformer called[[Trope Namer|Trope Name]] "Bucket Of Ears".

** A non-Jeff example is whenWhen Steve talks to Jane's psychiatrist Jill., Sheshe thinks that he's nervous because sometimes what she does makes people nervous in a social context. Believing her to be Jane's girlfriend, heSteve tells her that "you girls" have got "the best of both worlds." When pushed to explain what he's talking about, he uses a metaphor Jeff brought up earlier in the episode:

'''Steve:''' Sorry, sorry I've been totally sidetracked by the irrelevance of your breasts. Not that you have irrelevant breasts! You've only got two, that's for sure. Unless you were some sort of cow. No! No, an attractive cow! Or a prize winning cow! But you're not a cow. You're a person. But I'm sure that you'd be a prize winning person if they had a sort of cattle market for women! A women market! Which, thinking about it would be a bad thing in many ways. }}

** And Chandler brought up another occassionoccasion, when Ross talked about the Irish Potato Famine.

** There was that one very early episode with Elliot and Carla feuding over Elliot tattling on Carla for not doing something. When Elliot apologizes and then doubles back to elaborate on her reasoning, the scene shifts to a visual gag of her standing in a grave literally "digging herself deeper"; as Carla and the other nurses look on in like the Mafia.

* Digging Yourself DeeperThis is pretty much the basis of every episode of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', where Larry David makes an innocuous statement which is taken badly, or misheard, and the ensuing consequences lead to hilarious further exchanges and climax.

{{quote|Y'know, Buffy, Spring Fling just isn't any dance. It's a time for students to choose, um... a mate and then we can... observe their... mating rituals and tag them before they migrate ''just kill me''. }}

** The kicker is that he's not even talking to Buffy, just practicing with Willow, which is very evidently a wise move.

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' has Mckay pulling one off in the episode Trio. When SamantaSamantha Carter finally stops him, Keller has a nice little comment:

** This exchange from 5.15 'Remnants', as Richard Woolsey sees that a womenwoman he's been flirting with found his balcony hang-out spot:

{{quote|'''Woolsey''': [[Accidental Innuendo|You’ve approached my private spot!]]<br />

'''Woman''': ...What?<br />

'''Woolsey''': I mean you’ve entered my little personal area. <br />

[([[Beat]]]<br />)

'''Kate''': On who I'm sleeping with... (''she turns around and [[Right Behind Me|runs into Gibbs]]'') Oh uhh, I didn't mean that the way it sounded. Tony just asked me what I would do if a man came into my bedroom and I said it depends. I mean it doesn't depend on the man... Tony could you help me out here please?<br />

'''Tony''': She sleeps with a gun, boss.<br />

'''Gibbs''': That true?<br />

'''Kate''': Sorta... sometimes... yes.<br />

{{quote|I got you a diet soda, 'cause I figured you're probably watching your figure. ... Not that you need to watch your figure, you have a great body! ...Not that I was looking at your body!}}

'''Colin:''' "Oh, w-- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}tMwHxLuqwpQ We're watching animal porn]!" [[[Beat]]] *double [[Face Palm]]*

'''Hoyt:''' (obviously hurt) [[Bros Before Hoes|How?]]<br />

'''[[The Ditz|Jason]]:''' Well, first we did it missionary, then doggystyle, then...<br />

* Frequently, this is what people do on ''[[Survivor]]'' when the jury really doesn't like them and is just picking between the lesser of two- or three evils.

* [[Knowing Me, Knowing You... Withwith Alan Partridge|Alan Partridge]] often backtracked with "Not literally; that would be hideous."

{{quote|'''Cyrano''': Oh!. . .[[Death Seeker|death itself is hardly terrible,. . .]] <br />

[[Fate Worse Than Death|—But, ne'er to see her more! That is death's sting!]] <br />

—For... I shall never... <br />

''(Christian looks at him):'' We shall... <br />

''(Quickly):'' I mean, you... <br />

'''Mort:''' Oh! I uh... I don't mean you're attractive... I mean, like a [[Weirdness Magnet|magnet]]... or a [[I See Dead People|medium]]... Haha... Yeah. Ah! B... But I don't mean you aren't... I mean you look really... I... Uh... Oh geez...<br />

*(turns into a tombstone with a picture of a foot going into a mouth*)

* Inherent to ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. Usually with Tagon, who has done this not only with a compliment to Breya, but his [httphttps://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-07-13 defence in a trial] as well.

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has a character "[[Hero with an F In Good|good]]" in this - Abraham, who managed to rile Raven more with every phrase as he tried to explain himself. There are no tongue slips - everything he says is completely intentional - he just doesn't realize that he's hitting another one of Raven's [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]]s with every passing sentence.

** He's absent for now, but Elliot somehow [httphttps://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-23 found] his [[Idiot Ball]].

** Tedd at least [httphttps://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-08-26 can catch himself]. If [https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2014-09-29 too late].

'''Digger:''' ''([[Face Palm]])'' Hang on, ''that'' [[That Came Out Wrong|didn't come out right at all...]]<br />

* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'', after magical shenanigans gave Nina [[She's All Grown Up|grown up figure]] for a while and Layla's "fiance" began swooning in her direction too... he [httphttps://www.eeriecutiespixietrixcomix.com/stripseerie-eccuties/only_the_best_for_you2013-11-13 tries to be sweet with Layla]. "It was a two-for-one sale" ''cannot'' help his case.

'''Roxanne:''' "Yeah. Fortunately my boyfriend is very understanding. What about yours?" *pause* "Girlfriend, I mean! Of course, girlfriend! I mean, considering your reputation and- [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|NOT that it's]] ''[[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|bad]]'' [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|or anything]] or even any of my business, because it's not, I was just curious!" *stops suddenly* "How red is my face?"<br />