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* The Region 1 DVD of ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' has, in place of the standard legal warning, a parody thereof which warns that violations will be "dealt with in the most severe manner possible, most probably involving chicken feathers, cod liver oil and a very, very depraved walrus."

* When Nozomu is following Abiru's father around in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'', believing that he's abusing her, even the most mundane of items (and a copy of ''[[Ichigo 100%|Strawberry 100%]]'') are taken as tools of abuse in some way that people aren't quite clear on.

* The dub version of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' features Germany claiming to have "killed a man in his sleep with only his own moustache and a grape".

 

* [[Don Rosa]]'s ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck|Uncle Scrooge]]'' story "The Treasury of Croesus" opens in the aftermath of "Magica de Spell's most complex and bizarre scheme yet" to get Scrooge's [[Number One Dime]]. Apparently it involved, among other things, fireworks and animals in ridiculous costumes.

* ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'' does this in the end of his last issue when {{spoiler|he attacks Squee's dad and says he may go blind, but that means Squee can get away with stuff more easily}}. He then decides to completely disable him, asking if he has a lick-em-aid stick to cause deafness and tweezers and shoelaces to alter his central nervous system and render him unable to "Fine Tune his Sensitivity to Vibrations"...Then realizes he might become an Olfactory Ninja.

* ''[[Nextwave]]'''s Dirk Anger claimed he killed his wife because she would no longer do "that thing with the wig and the chickens and the bath of acid" for him.

* ''[[Amelia Rules]]'' has them playing a game called 'Thank God you're open,' which specifically invokes this trope; you're supposed to rush madly into a shop with $5 or so, breathlessly tell the cashier the name of the game, and ask for the most outrageous combination of items they can get.

 

* The ''[[Naruto]]'' fan fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4041162/1/Naruto_the_Overlord_Kage Naruto the Overlord Kage]'' (a crossover with the game ''[[Overlord]]'') had this memorable line in chapter seven from Axel. "Okay, we got mace, grenades, six-pack of beer, bazooka, flamethrower, a box filled with genetically enhanced mutated demonic vermin, and a ticket for a free bowl of ramen, ok, we're all set!! Let's go cause some chaos!!" Turns out the rats grow 10 times their size when lit on fire so they never got around to using much of the other items.

* Another ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5288868/1/Uprooted Uprooted]'', has Tsunade recite the [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon|following]] to the Third Hokage: "You don't get a say in this, old man. Tar. Feathers. Gelding knife. Superglue, walnut groats and two hundred rabid squirrels. Do not tempt me."

** Rei herself is no slouch in the use of Noodle Implements: she seems to have a thing for doing unspecified things to people with vegetables (it's a really bad sign if she decides to use ''cabbage'').

{{quote|'''Maya''': "I have ''no'' idea how she managed to destroy Fuyutsuki's car with [a squeaky mallet]!"}}

** Any lists in said guide invariably have similar implements. For example, the equipment list has "Disguise kit, containing: Nun's outfit, false beard, beekeeping veil, Muggle policeman's costume, etc" and a pointy stick, and the list of skills includes yodelling.

** 99% of all good ''[[Harry Potter]]'' humor fic about the Marauders includes a list of Noodle Implements. Because sadly, some people just don't have Rowling's imagination.

* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6713795/1/New_Games New Games]'' a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fic, does this with several items including a Simon playset, a joy-buzzer and a rubber chicken.

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3851787/1/The_Jokers_Wild The Joker's Wild], the Joker sends Harley Quinn out to get torture implements, and when she gets back he asks her "Did you get everything? The drills? The nails? The acid? The matches? [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|The custard?]]"

{{quote|'''Andy:''' "Let's see… Iodine, band-aids, gauze, bullwhip, small strait-jacket, helmet, pan, shampoo, gloves, tranquilizer, chloroform, tennis racquet, ice cubes, [[Banana Peel]], cage, snare trap, baloney, modem…"}}

 

* In ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', Marsellus Wallace tells Butch that he's going to call several of his men to "go to work" on his rapist Zed with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch, then proceeds to tell Zed that he's going to "get medieval on his ass." <ref>Pinch skin with pliers, apply blowtorch, make burn hole?</ref>

* The 1970s film ''Charley Varrick'' is the source of ''Pulp Fiction'''s famous "pliers and a blowtorch" line.

'''[[MacGyver]] Friend''': We don't have a corkscrew.

'''[[MacGyver]] Smoker''': All right. Then get me an avocado, an ice pick and my snorkel. Trust me, bro. I've made bongs with less. Hurry up! }}

* In ''[[The Wrong Guy]]'' the main character is told its possible to kill someone with only two teabags and some wax paper. When attacked by the villain he waves these items around in the air since he has no idea how it's supposed to work.

* ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'': "Explain again how sheep bladders can be used to prevent earthquakes?" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0 (at 0:09-14)]

{{quote|Jack: We shall need a crossbow, an hourglass, three goats, one of us will have to learn to play the trumpet while the other one goes like this (waggles hands)}}

 

{{quote|''..."An' then... then I'm gonna get ''medieval'' on his arse."''

''There were more pressing problems, but this one intrigued Mr Pin.''

''"I thought maybe a maypole," said Mr Tulip reflectively. "An' then a display of country dancing, land tillage under the three-field system, several plagues and, if my --ing hand ain't too tired, the invention of the --ing horse collar."''

''"Sounds good," said Mr Pin.'' }}

*** "a length of string, a leather ball of some kind, and a large bunch of flowers." (Problem: Shakespeare's parents failed to meet)

*** "the probable date of conception, a stepladder, and a gallon of black paint." (This one is passable if obscure, as in Yorkshire, I believe, painting the ceiling black in the kitchen is a folk remedy to ensure a male child.)

*** "some strong disinfectant"... "and a lot of carbolic soap." (Problem: Shakespeare died of a childhood illness)

*** "some drab clothing, a dark lantern and a very large cosh." (Problem: Shakespeare is killed by a gameskeeper while poaching)

{{quote|* Involving a [[wikipedia:Edward II of England#Death|red hot poker]], [[wikipedia:Henry I of England#Death and legacy|ten pounds of live eels]], [[Ra Ra Rasputin|a three mile stretch of frozen river]], [[wikipedia:George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence#Death|a butt of wine]], a couple of tulip bulbs, [[Hamlet|a number of poisoned eardrops]], an oyster and a large man with a mallet. King Murune didn't make friends easily.}}

** And then we have The Ginger Beer Trick, a surprisingly minimalist example of this trope which nonetheless manages to [[Squick]] characters and readers (in part) by never revealing the ''particular'' orifice involved. {{spoiler|Word on alt.fan.pratchett is that it's your nostrils that get fizzed (true, and reportedly used in both Mexico and Colombia)}} but that's unnecessary knowledge for the gags.

*** The trick is done with a bottle of Coke in the movie ''[[Traffic]]''.

*** And also by Miguel Prada's unhinged brother Ramon {{spoiler|in the nostrils of someone he suspects of being the Skinner}} in the third season of ''[[Dexter]]''.

*** Which sounds like he figured out a battery using acid and two different types of wire and electrolysised the water into hydrogen and oxygen. And then blew it up (old-style ping-pong balls were made with nitrocellulose, which, after ground, is a common component in modern explosives). Most of Pratchett's Noodle Implements are actually references to real things.

*** Unless it's something that "Bloody Stupid" Johnson was involved in, as he apparently achieved the same effect using nothing but water and common sand.

*** Probably a reference to the joke about the priest, the nun, and the camel. Stranded in the desert.

{{quote|'''Punchline''': {{spoiler|Then stick it in the camel and let's get the hell out of here!}}}}

{{quote|Then Jurgen tricked Phobetor by an indescribable device, wherein surprising use was made of a cheese and three beetles and a gimlet, and so cheated Phobetor out of a gray magic.}}

 

* This is how every episode of ''[[MacGyver]]'' works, hence the parodies. Though we do get to see how he puts it all together, he can make ''anything'' out of ''anything''. So if you've got Noodle Implements, he can get it done. Duct tape usually helps, though.

* Subversion: Most of the lists of things the [[MythBusters]] need to carry out [[For Science!|their plans]] only SOUND like this—but then again, why WOULD you need a piano tuner on a bomb range? Or a microwave, for that matter? Not to mention the cement truck... And then there's the pig viscera and the diving suit...The duct tape, the lard, the air tank, the Pykrete, the tongue stud, the Tesla coil and the playing cards..You know, [[MythBusters]] needs a folder all its own on here. To be fair, we see on-screen how the stuff eventually gets used, but I DARE you to come in never having watched the show before and figure out how anybody can do science with a jar of salsa, rubber cement and eight raincoats. Or a duck, some bulls, old glassware, liquid nitrogen, 400 cigarette lighters, a cell phone, silicone breast implants, some tubes of biscuit dough, an octopus, buttered toast, a semi-automatic and an airline toilet. Also, Jamie's wall in the back of M5 has many, many totes with names of these taped on them, including one allegedly containing "Raw Meat".

** "Get me a roll of toothpaste, a shower curtain, 10 bottles of apple juice, and Gameboy! and meet me at my house around seven"

{{quote|[CatchPhrase: "awwwwww, here we go again"]}}

{{quote|'''Colonel:''' (in response to whether he wants the egg whisk) "No, not the egg whisk. The electric mixer!"

'''Yvette:''' (horrified gasp) }}

* The reason behind the [[Food Network]]'s [[Last Man Standing (graphic novel)|Last Man Standing]] show ''[[Chopped]]''. What dish would you make in 30 minutes that incorporates bone-in pork loin, watercress, taro root, and a melon?

* ''[[Beakman's World]]:'' One mysterious experiment calls for a bowling ball, a chainsaw, a Macintosh apple, and a picture of Raymond Burr in short pants sitting on vinyl furniture.

{{quote|'''Richard:''' [Voiceover] Finally, we were all off the ramp, and as a reward, the producers gave us a box of things to help us survive the perils that lay ahead.

'''Jeremy:''' [Going through box] ...Some rubber tubing... Durex...

{{quote|'''Barack Obama''': Larry, I admit my greatest moral failure in high school was using marijuana, cocaine and alcohol. But there's no truth to the rumor I went to the sophomore toga party with a duck and a can of Crisco.}}

* [[The Addams Family]]: You're never entirely sure how Pugsley manages to get money out of a living piggy bank.

{{quote|'''Col. Flagg:''' And, uh, round up a box of scorpions. About a dozen.

'''Radar:''' You mean, uh, "scorpions" scorpions?

* In ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', while "confessing" his "crimes", Tyrion Lannister starts confessing one incident, but is cut off before he can give more than the noodle implements.

{{quote|'''Tyrion:''' I once brought a jackass and a honeycomb into a brothel--*}}

{{quote|'''Brady:''' Since the dark side has moved 2 feet, we're gonna buy this island some time and move Zadoc back 4 feet.

'''Boomer:''' Impossible! We'll need like 20 yards, a thick rope, an intricate pully system, and at least several strong men.

'''Boomer:''' That'll work too. }}

* In ''[[The Young Ones]]'' episode "Bomb" three things Vyvyan needs to use to dispatch the bomb are "the drill, the hedge trimmers, and some ordinary household bleach."

* [[Mock the Week]] has a game called "If This Is The Answer, What Is The Question?" (rather like ''[[Jeopardy!]]''). Sometimes the words given seem to make up a set of noodle implements, and the panelists have great fun with this trope by suggesting what the items might be used for, with varying degrees of detail and/or [[Squick]].

* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'': Roy finds the subject of one's parents having sex distasteful:

{{quote|'''Roy:''' Look, my mother was a saint. My father was a pillar of the community. The last thing I want to do is imagine mom wrapped in cellophane and dad wearing tights and a miner's helmet. I didn't wake up and ask for a drink of water again for 25 years.}}

 

* [[Sufjan Stevens]] wrote a song titled "To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region: I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves an Inner Tube, Bath Mats, and 21 Able-bodied Men." It has no explanation and no lyrics.<ref>Note: this is the song title as listed on the vinyl version of ''Illinois'', which extended the titles of several tracks. For this particular song, the CD version of ''Illinois'' omits everything after "Predicament".</ref>

* From a parody of ''[[Mister Wizard]]'' on the ''[[Doctor Demento]]'' show:

{{quote|'''Mr Wizard:''' Today Timmy, we're going to learn how to make a nuclear reactor out of this spatula, an old inner tube and some macaroni noodles!

** . ....The Hell?

*** Tune the ''[[Uke]]''? Please tell me I just got told to [[Have a Gay Old Time]]...

*** It's got penguins and explosives. There are less logical assumptions.

* Unsure whether this belongs in here or Western Animation, since it's a [[Real Song Theme Tune]], but Bowling For Soup's "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day" lists supplies required for... something. Said list includes, among other things: yogurt, gumballs, rubber bands, a unicycle, and a beach towel. Given [[Phineas and Ferb|the show in question]], I'd say that a "Great Day" is what we should be expecting, by this point.

* Tom Waits' "What's He Building?"

* A mammoth one in The Fiery Furnances' "Seven Silver Curses"; Matt's grandmother and her sister are running all over town collecting items to cast a spell on her husband so he'll stop cheating on her:

The silver teeth of a man killed by a jealous wife! }}

* The song "Odalisque" by [[The Decemberists]] contains this line: "What do we do with ten baby shoes, a kit-bag full of marbles, and a broken billiard cue?"

* "Gimme a bottle of anything... and a glazed donut... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsC7oEjCHAM to go!]"

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

* [[Brewster Rockit]]. Read the strips for September 18 and 19 of 2007 for a glorious example. The July 20, 2004 strip contains an example including a chicken suit and monkeys in space.

 

* An implied example: ''[[The Goon Show]]'', "Tales of Old Dartmoor". Grythpype-Thynne asks Neddie for a "strange request". Neddie announces he'll do it at once. After some receding footsteps, most of a minute of strange sound effects including grinding, slams, bells, and then approaching footsteps, Neddie returns and says...

{{quote|'''Ned Seagoon''': {{spoiler|What was it you asked for again?}}

** The following year he manages the same feat, even though he is constantly supervised and frisked twice. He used a treatment for nail-biting, that time.

 

* One of [[Jeff Foxworthy]]'s jokes involves the fact that singles have more interesting sex lives than married folk. "So there I was, tied down to her bed. Had motor oil ''smeared'' all over me. She came in with a saddle and a pair of jumper cables..."

* Australian comedic trio [[Tripod]] had a song explaining what happens when Mummy and Daddy love each other very much... basically Daddy installs a special sling from the ceiling, Mummy wears a pig mask and Daddy wears scuba gear, then they put on their favourite H.R. Pufnstuf video and it's apparently on for young and old. Who knew?

{{quote|There's always an advert with a wife sorting her husband's washing, and she's all "'''''Oil? Blood? And grass stains? Ha!'''''" ...is she not the slightest bit fucking suspicious?!}}

 

* ''[[World of Darkness]]'' game books describe each skill or ability with a paragraph or so vignette describing a situation in which it's used. For the Intimidate ability in one ''[[Old World of Darkness]]'' book, a character asks for a combination of threatening items (but ones which don't make much sense when you put them together). He reveals to his companion after the subject squealed that he was leaving it up to the subject's imagination.

* At least one ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' novel and one game accessory mentions Green elf druidess Aerilaya who "made vague comments about being involved in a scandal with a Chauntean monk, an oak tree, and a cask of ale (as well as [...] garrison commander and an elven archer with a traveling circus), and implied that her life would be somewhat more sedate" after [[Hidden Elf Village|retreat]] from that ''continent''.

** The Dean of Abjuration from the Wizards Guild of Raven Bluff dislikes gnomes to the point of rudeness and not even speaking directly to his fellow Dean of Illusion. He refuses to speak about the incident which caused this, but it's known to involve an obelisk, a five-headed dragon and talking spiders.

* In a scene from the DVD that accompanied the ''[[Demon Hunters]]'' core rule book, one of the Demon Hunters, Gabriel, is addressing the audience. He is relaying advice his mentor once gave him saying, "Whatever you do..." which fades out to static. Through the static, a few words can occasionally be made out. Eventually, the picture returns, with Gabriel still speaking. He continues, "...with a yak. That's the worst way to go."

** It's a [[Shout-Out]] to the ancient Hillary Song: [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|in the Himalayas]], [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22never+knock+the+yak%22&filter=0 cow tipping attempts are not recommended]. Which itself is a [[Noodle Incident]], but more transparent one.

* One [[Pathfinder]] expansion lets your bard tell a story so funny, it can free creatures turned to stone. The description notes that this story is about a humorless old woman who was eventually made to smile by "increasingly unlikely events involving a cart of horse manure, a king, and a flying carpet."

 

 

* In ''[[Bionicle]]'', [[Kid Appeal Character|Lewa]] apparently likes to tell a very disturbing story involving three [[Little People|Matoran]], a [[Giant Enemy Crab|Manas Crab]], and a bucket. It even managed to freak [[The Stoic|Kopaka]] out!

 

* "[[Metal Gear Solid|I need scissors!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mbFvenlaQ 61!]"

* From this very wiki's [[Cherry Tapping]] page: [[The Legend of Zelda|Ganondorf]], arguably the epitome of Nintendo evil, can be defeated by: A butterfly net, an empty bottle, nuts, and a fishing pole.

* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': [[Boisterous Bruiser|The Heavy]] reveals that he has a [[PHD]] in Russain Literature in ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''. When asked if it is useful in [[First-Person Shooter|his line of work]], Heavy claims, "More than you think..."

 

* ''[[The Leet World]]'''s Ellis does this a lot:

{{quote|'''Montrose''': What we need is a distraction.

* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' short "Best Caper Ever" featured the end result of a prank where Strong Bad and The Cheat stranded Homestar on a tiny ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. However, Strong Bad and The Cheat are both bugged because [[What Did I Do Last Night?|all they can remember]] is stealing Homestar's melonade and The Cheat whizzing in it, and thus they can't properly gloat about their success.

 

** Later, when they need an excuse to leave the room...

{{quote|'''Elan''': Uh, dad? Haley and I need to go have sex.

*** Presumably similar things to what less mad and less sciency scientists do with a smaller maze and mice.

** And after an incident that happens off-panel: "Thank goodness you had all those [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030829 clockwork ducks], Klaus."

** While he's explaining to Thief and Fighter that his unwillingness to part with his gear in the name of such plans was the one thing holding him back from the flexibility he claimed to rely on, Black Mage is crushed by a giant. He remarks that, ironically, he could get Black Mage out from under the giant with a portable hole, an immovable rod, a [[Bag of Holding]], and an ice spell. Go figure.

** [[Truth in Television]]: An adventurer can do ''anything'' with a portable hole, an immovable rod and a bag of holding! No idea where the ice spell comes in.

** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2900/fc02896.htm Catapults, bungee cords and duck tape] (not particularly enigmatic, except in "how much can go wrong").

* Mr Tasey from ''[[Stickman and Cube]]'' is mentioned as having been fired from his first job after "a curious incident involving a goat, a jar of mayonnaise and a grand piano".

* ''[[Station V3|Station V 3]]'' features [http://www.stationv3.com/d/20040716.html the following]:

{{quote|Is it the plan where they need finger paint, water skis, poker chips and inflatable cacti?

* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902183456/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2006-09-14 this] comic, a guest artist actually speculates on how exactly those items could be used to "crush spirits and ruin lives, all while delivering a healthy dose of funny". He ultimately concludes that he has no idea but that they can set a "genuine sense of fear amongst those with weak constitutions".

* [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/kickbackjunk.html This] ''[[Insecticomics]]'' comic.

{{quote|'''Aldus Vanderbeam''': I also learned I wasn't good at talking to nude models, art professors, the dean of the art department, and campus police. You will never hear that story.}}

* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=34218#131453 This] ''[[Skin Horse]]'' strip:

*** So he uses Baphomet to summon Pluto... don't see where the moose comes in.

*** The moose rides on Pluto.

* [http://www.atlanticcartoons.com/inhumanrelations/2010/04/30/a-long-story/ It's a long story involving a pickle fork, a jug of lemonade, and the Kiwanis.]{{Dead link}}

* [http://www.threewordphrase.com/sadcomic.htm This] ''Three Word Phrase''. An [[Anti-Humor]] example because the "medical condition" requiring the implements is named, not just Noodle-implied. [[Insane Troll Logic|Makes even less sense]], of course.

TG: [[Lampshade Hanging|i completely understand everything about that practically entirely]] }}

 

* An old, discontinued serial called "Gothic Survivor" (twelve stereotypical [[Goth]]s are sent to survive amidst the light and joy of Disneyland for 48 days) featured this. A relationship arises between two of the Goths, Angry Kitty and Doomboy, leading to some implied sex with rather kinky toys. Their idea of foreplay involves "a charred top of a grill and two barbeque forks;" they later run off to play with "a recently acquired pair of hot dog tongs and a pizza cutter." A later entry mentions Doomboy's thoughts of "Angry Kitty in a bikini, with a weedwacker and a stack of moist towelettes." Yeah.

* Professional wrestler [[John Cena]] used to do a Q&A session on WWE.com called "5 Questions with the Champ." When a fan would ask a question such as "How did you spend your birthday?" or "How do you plan to spend the holidays?" he would say that "to protect the guilty," he wouldn't say exactly, but that it did involve [ Insert Noodle Implements Here], some of which were: packets of Mayonnaise, children's golf clubs, a Samoan, Pay Per View cable, and massive amounts of alcohol.

200. My chain of command is not interested in why I "just happen" to have a kilt, an inflatable sheep, and a box of rubber bands in the back of my car. }}

 

* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Proposition Infinity", when Bender is getting released from jail and is receiving the objects that were confiscated from him upon arrest, he receives a hat with a large feather on it, a roast turkey, and an accordion.

** In "Cold Warriors", Zapp Brannigan brings up the penultimate-resort plan for dealing with a common cold epidemic in Manhattan, called Protocol 62. President Nixon shoots it down, saying "Impossible, we don't have nearly enough piranhas!"

* ''[[American Dad]]'': You did the Tennessee Logjammer? Where are the other two guys? And did you at least put my ladder back?

** Another episode has Steve completely getting what Toshi said wrong (as usual): "Gross, Toshi, she'd never agree to that. And besides, where would we find that many ping-pong balls?"

* In ''[[The Critic]]'' Jay's father comments in one episode that he is working on the "fish-ma-baby-whilimagig...it'll be bigger than the badger-blaster."

 

* Troping wikis. Not being able to make head or tail of a trope example referring to very [[Story Arc]]- or [[The Verse|'verse]]-dependent events from a show, book, movie, etc. that you are not familiar with, when it is not put in context for those who are not familiar with it, and is described using lots of in-jokes, meta-references, and ambiguous sentences hyperlinked to other tropes that are self-evident only to the familiar, is one of the most entertaining and infuriating aspects of [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|this wiki.]]

* Cashiers sometimes have fun trying to piece together exactly what the random pile of stuff in a person's shopping cart will be used for.

**** Conversely, the opposite assumption can be quite useful to fetishists who ARE going to use those items themselves.

* After the [[Libya|Libyan rebels]] conquered Tripoli, under its largest university they found a secret chamber, previously only accessible by the deposed [[Muammar Gaddafi]] and a select few associates. Among other things, it contained a bedroom, jacuzzi, and [[One of These Things Is Not Like the Others|a complete gynaecological equipment setup]].

* Usually the implements come in a group and that's where the comedy comes from. And then, there was the story of how [[Kevin Smith]] had to have the idea of "[[Prince]] World", the paradigm Prince lives in that seems to be made completely of [[Insane Troll Logic]], explained to him thus:

{{quote|'''Prince's Producer''': "Prince will come to us periodically and say things like, 'It's 3 in the morning in Minnesota. I really need a Camel. Go get it.'"}}

 

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[[Category:Absurdity Ascendant]]

[[Category:Dialogue]]

[[Category:A Tortured Index]]

[[Category:Just for Pun]]

[[Category:Show, Don't Tell]]