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{{quote|''"This tells me less than nothing. Do you understand? You've made me forget things I didn't even know."''|'''Black Mage,''' ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]], [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/24/episode-1008-charmed-im-sure/ Strip #1008]''}}
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Compare [[Mathematician's Answer]] and [[Cryptically Unhelpful Answer]].
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== Anime ==
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== Literature ==
* Karen Armstrong (IIRC) claims that the [[The Bible|Biblical]] "I am that I am" is a
** Similarly, some view "Thou sayest it," the answer [[Jesus]] gives to Pilate's question "Art thou king of the Jews?", as a
** "Render unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's and unto God the things that are God's", as an answer to whether the Jewish people should pay taxes to the Romans, is specifially stated in the Bible to be a
* From ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events|Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography]]'':
{{quote|The stranger was a woman, at least as tall as a small chair and probably as old as someone who attended nursery school many years ago. She was entirely dressed in articles of clothing, and had nothing on her feet except a pair of socks and two shoes. ... [She] began to speak in a voice that reminded me distinctly of her own.}}
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* In ''[[Shadow of the Templar]]'' Jeremy is a master of this, as is Ethan.
* [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]] is full of these
* [[The Shivah]] enables you to make almost every answer a
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* Question: "What's For Dinner/What do you want for dinner?" Answer: "Food"
* [[Rule 34]] variant:
{{quote|'''Q:''' ''"How do(es) he/she/they [[[
'''A:''' "Very carefully." }}
* [[Gunnerkrigg Court|Tom Siddell]] does this when he doesn't want to answer a fan's question.
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