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* In Mike Lee's ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Time Of Legends novel ''Nagash The Sorcerer'', Nagash does a particularly devious one on {{spoiler|Queen Neferem}}, promising {{spoiler|never to hurt her son again}}. He's telling the truth, because {{spoiler|he already killed him and absorbed his soul}}.

* In ''[[Deception Point]]'', the aquaphobic protagonist is already nervous at the thought of going onto a boat and gets even more nervous when she learns it's smack dab in the middle of hammerhead shark infested waters. To calm her, her love interest asks the helicopter pilot when was the last time they saved someone from a hammerhead attack, to which the pilot answers "Decades." However, he then immediately mentions an "idiot skin diver" last month, prompting the protagonist to say "You said you hadn't saved anyone in ''decades!''" "Yeah, ''saved'' anyone. Usually we're too late. Those bastards kill in a hurry".

* Alistair MacLean's ''Breakheart Pass'' has a moment when the young lady irritably tells a villain that the alleged murderer (actually a federal agent) he's searching for isn't hiding under her bed. He isn't — he's hiding under '''the covers''' of her bed, which she deliberately rumpled in a way that hides the fact there's a tall man beneath them ... especially since '''she's''' in the bed, too, in order to block much of the view of those covers. Once the villain has apologetically left, the agent expresses great admiration for her truthfulness.

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* According to historian David Irving, the one who turned out to be a fricking Nazi, a British wartime MP asked in Parliament whether night bombings of Germany had adopted a policy of indiscriminately targeting civilians. He was told, completely accurately, that the policy had not been changed to this. He persisted, and was told "I said there had been no change in policy."

* Another example (details are sketchy) but a woman asked Mussolini's government to return her imprisoned husband to her. They did... Chopped up in a suitcase.

* An old story about Czar Ivan the Terrible has him promise a rebellious city that, if they surrender, not one drop of the inhabitants blood will stain the ground. So when he [[Kill'Em All|slaughters every living soul in the city]], he makes sure to do it ''indoors.''

* An old story about Czar Ivan the Terrible has him promise a rebellious city that, if they surrender, not one drop of the inhabitants' blood will stain the ground. So when he [[Kill'Em All|slaughters every living soul in the city]], he makes sure to do it ''indoors.''

** Somewhat similarly, when the Mongols captured Baghdad, out of respect for the caliph's semi-royal ancestry they put him into a watertight bag before trampling him to death with horses. That way none of his sanctified blood was spilled on the ground.

* As mentioned above, [[Exact Words|nobody dies of AIDS]]. What they die of are unrelated bacteria or viruses that can proliferate unchecked by their much weakened immune system.

* There's a ferry ride in Maine where the captain, over the speaker, mentions falling overboard, but humorously reassures everyone that "No one drowns off the coast of Maine. You freeze to death long before you drown."