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* The original instance of this phrase comes from Trident gum, where "four out of five dentists recommended sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum". They didn't add the qualifier "if their patients ''insisted'' on chewing gum", nor did they tell you that [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106074345/http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_174a.html the fifth dentist recommended that his patients not chew gum at all].
** Years later, Trident would parody this device by having four out of five dentists endorse the gum, with the fifth accidentally denouncing it (being knocked unconscious and landing his face on the "NO" button, [[Squirrels in My Pants|having a squirrel crawl up his leg]] and [[Groin Attack|bite him in the groin]], causing him to yell [[Big No|"Nooooooo!"]] etc.).
** This was parodied on an early episode of ''[[Friends]]'' - someone enters and says "Guess what!" and Chandler immediately quips, "The fifth dentist caved, and now they're all recommending Trident?"
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