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{{quote|'''Lt. George:''' If we do happen to trod on a mine, Sir, what do we do? <br />
{{quote|'''Lt. George:''' If we do happen to trod on a mine, Sir, what do we do?
'''Capt. Blackadder:''' Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump two hundred feet in the air and [[Chunky Salsa Rule|scatter oneself over a large area]].|''[[Blackadder]]''}}
'''Capt. Blackadder:''' Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump two hundred feet in the air and [[Chunky Salsa Rule|scatter oneself over a large area]].|''[[Blackadder]]''}}


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* The 1979 Australian Vietnam war film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/ The Odd Angry Shot]'' uses this trope too. The unfortunate soldier who ends up on the mine {{spoiler|eventually can't take it any longer after about 8 hours or so, when several efforts and ideas to save him have failed, and he just steps off to his doom}}.
* The 1979 Australian Vietnam war film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/ The Odd Angry Shot]'' uses this trope too. The unfortunate soldier who ends up on the mine {{spoiler|eventually can't take it any longer after about 8 hours or so, when several efforts and ideas to save him have failed, and he just steps off to his doom}}.
* ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'', a [[World War Two]] comedy film, features a dramatic sequence where the squad is marching through a freshly plowed field, which happens to be... you guessed it. When one guy gets blown to bits, the others are all forced to work their way out by probing for the mines with knives and sticks, prompting a hilarious exchange between [[The Scrounger|Crapgame]] and [[Sergeant Rock|Big Joe]].
* ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'', a [[World War Two]] comedy film, features a dramatic sequence where the squad is marching through a freshly plowed field, which happens to be... you guessed it. When one guy gets blown to bits, the others are all forced to work their way out by probing for the mines with knives and sticks, prompting a hilarious exchange between [[The Scrounger|Crapgame]] and [[Sergeant Rock|Big Joe]].
{{quote| '''Crapgame:''' "Hey hey hey! I found one!"<br />
{{quote|'''Crapgame:''' "Hey hey hey! I found one!"
'''Big Joe:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|(calmly)]] "What kind is it?"<br />
'''Big Joe:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|(calmly)]] "What kind is it?"<br />
'''Crapgame:''' "The kind that blows up! How the hell do I know what kind it is?" }}
'''Crapgame:''' "The kind that blows up! How the hell do I know what kind it is?" }}