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== Literature ==
* In the book ''[[Anansi Boys]]'', {{spoiler|Tiger}} is trapped in a cave with the thoroughly annoying {{spoiler|Grahame Coats}}. {{spoiler|Tiger}}The former warns himthe latter to not be irritating or he will bite {{spoiler|Coats's}}his head off.
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Grahame Coats:'''}} You keep using the phrase "bite my head off." Now when you say "bite my head off," I take it I can assume that it is actually some kind of metaphorical statement, implying that you'll shout at me, perhaps rather angrily?
{{spoiler|'''Tiger:'''}} Bite your head off. Then crunch it. Then swallow it. }}