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{{quote|'''Monty:''' Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are ''completely correct'' but ''entirely useless'' under the circumstances?
'''Prof. Jones:''' Yes, yes there is.
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If you ask someone a question, and he gives you an entirely accurate answer that is of no practical use whatsoever, he has just given you a Mathematician's Answer.
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Compare with [[Non-Answer]].
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== Advertising ==
* A commercial for Lyrica begins with a voiceover along the lines of: "I was wondering why I had muscle pain, so I asked my doctor. It turns out, connected to muscles are nerves which send pain messages to the brain."
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* Of all people, Kyon's sister in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''. Unsurprisingly, Yuki joins in later, when she and Haruhi forcibly undress Kyon. Yuki seems to do this fairly often.
{{quote|'''Kyon:''' "So ''if'' I tell you, that means you can't go. Understand?"
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