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* Sergeant Jackrum from ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' is in the habit of saying [[Catch Phrase|"Upon my oath, I am not a (adjective) man!"]] and immediately proving it untrue - e.g., "Upon my oath, I am not a violent man!" followed by him punching someone. {{spoiler|As it turns out, it's not actually hypocrisy, only [[Exact Words|misdirection]] - Sergeant Jackrum is indeed not a violent ''[[Sweet Polly Oliver|man]]''.}}

** It's almost not hypocritical anyway - the way he uses the line implies, "...but now you've forced me to do this."

** In ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'', Sergeant Colon spent the entire book as [[~~The~~ ~~Clavin~~]], telling Nobby [[Little-Known Facts]] about Klatch, the ocean and, at one point, tattoos. When someone ''else'' in a crowd started expounding on donkeys and minarets, he muttered "There's always a know-all". Nobby agreed.

** In ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'', Sergeant Colon spent the entire book as a [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]], telling Nobby [[Little-Known Facts]] about Klatch, the ocean and, at one point, tattoos. When someone ''else'' in a crowd started expounding on donkeys and minarets, he muttered "There's always a know-all". Nobby agreed.

*** In the same book, a conversation between Colon and Nobby about Klatchians relies heavily on this. For example, Colon says "They don't know how to do an honest day's work!" and Nobby points out that Mr. Goriff, the owner of the Klatchian take-away, nearly never closes it. (Colon himself is rather lazy and dim, and would rather "guard" <ref>That's 'guard' as in 'make sure it doesn't escape' rather than 'protect from harm'.</ref> a ''bridge'' than do anything difficult or dangerous.)

** Back in ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', Colon was already doing this:

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{{quote|'''Colon''': All this business about lords and kings, it's against basic human dignity. We're all equal. It makes me sick.

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'''Colon''': All this business about lords and kings, it's against basic human dignity. We're all equal. It makes me sick.

'''Nobby''': Never heard you talk like this before, Fred.

'''Colon''': That's Sergeant Colon to you, Nobby.

'''Colon''': That's Sergeant Colon to you, Nobby.}}

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*** And he repeats the above line in, again, ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'', after Vimes has a word with him about calling Goriff a "raghead", and he tells Nobby ''he's'' never minded what people call him.

* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', Patrick Bateman and some other guys are appalled that the only thing their dates can seem to talk about is clothes (furs, specifically), when they talk about much more important things... like business suits.