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[[File:Addams-DownhillSkier.jpg|frame|[[The Chad Mitchell Trio|It's Super-Skier!]]]]
A [[Stock Phrase]] that is commonly used as a [[Lampshade Hanging]] of [[Toon Physics|those occasions when the laws of physics (and other scientific laws) are blatantly defied]]. This is sometimes caused by [[Achievements in Ignorance]], when the impossible thing only occurs because the person involved has no idea that what they are doing is supposed to be impossible.
A [[Stock Phrase]] that is commonly used as a [[Lampshade Hanging]] of [[Toon Physics|those occasions when the laws of physics (and other scientific laws) are blatantly defied]]. This is sometimes caused by [[Achievements in Ignorance]], when the impossible thing only occurs because the person involved has no idea that what they are doing is supposed to be impossible.


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==[[Newspaper Comics]]==
==[[Newspaper Comics]]==
* [[Charles Addams]]'s [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuDihPPyPA/Sy_Kr3PtRtI/AAAAAAAAMEs/5zh5Gg-2XD0/s400/addams.jpg skier] cartoon... specifically, the other skier's reaction.
* [[Charles Addams]]'s famous [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuDihPPyPA/Sy_Kr3PtRtI/AAAAAAAAMEs/5zh5Gg-2XD0/s400/addams.jpg "Downhill Skier" cartoon] (which serves as the page image)... specifically, the other skier's reaction.
* In one series of ''[[Bloom County]]'' strips, Opus and Milo are hunting for the Basselope in the forest. In one, Opus thinks he sees him and takes a Polaroid shot, but instead takes a picture of a squirrel blowing a raspberry at them with a loud "Thpptp!" In the last panel, Opus looks at it and says, "How can a picture go 'Thpptp'?"
* In one series of ''[[Bloom County]]'' strips, Opus and Milo are hunting for the Basselope in the forest. In one, Opus thinks he sees him and takes a Polaroid shot, but instead takes a picture of a squirrel blowing a raspberry at them with a loud "Thpptp!" In the last panel, Opus looks at it and says, "How can a picture go 'Thpptp'?"
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' has many, most involving Snoopy:
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' has many, most involving Snoopy:
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