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{{quote|'''Drone:''' But your highness, she's a commoner! Her Slurm will taste foul! |
{{quote|'''Drone:''' But your highness, she's a commoner! Her Slurm will taste foul! |
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'''Hive Queen:''' Yes! Which is why we'll market it as ''New Slurm''! Then, when everyone hates it, we'll bring back ''Slurm Classic'' and make BILLIONS!|''[[Futurama]]''}} |
'''Hive Queen:''' Yes! Which is why we'll market it as ''New Slurm''! Then, when everyone hates it, we'll bring back ''Slurm Classic'' and make BILLIONS!|''[[Futurama]]''}} |
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* [[Garfield]] had a nice [[Deadpan Snarker]] moment with this phrase. |
* [[Garfield]] had a nice [[Deadpan Snarker]] moment with this phrase. |
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{{quote|"To think, all this time I've been eating old and inferior."}} |
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* Parodied in a Steak'n'Shake commercial claiming their steakburgers are "Old!" and "Unimproved!" The implication, of course, being that they need no improvement. |
* Parodied in a Steak'n'Shake commercial claiming their steakburgers are "Old!" and "Unimproved!" The implication, of course, being that they need no improvement. |
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* The famous case of Tampax Tampons being "Improved" by putting ''fewer'' tampons in a box. This resulted in a drop in sales, and Tampax had another "New and Improved" going back to the old quantity. So for those of you keeping track at home, two improvements = no change. |
* The famous case of Tampax Tampons being "Improved" by putting ''fewer'' tampons in a box. This resulted in a drop in sales, and Tampax had another "New and Improved" going back to the old quantity. So for those of you keeping track at home, two improvements = no change. |
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