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'''Richard''': I guess the bars buy them in bulk, but they must have to buy ''huge'' bags... }}
There are generally three ways to finish such a "conversation":
# One character will have a [[Delayed Reaction]] to what was said by the other, resulting in a [[Eureka Moment]]
# The conversations comically mesh together and turn into a proper discussion
# One or more of the characters will have an epiphany and thank their colleague even though their conversations never actually come together.
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* The narrator of [[Brian Aldiss]]'s story "Appearance of Life" finds two holographic messages which turn out to be from a husband and wife. When he turns them on they appear to be conversing with each other, but it soon becomes clear that the wife's message is an expression of her undying love for her husband, while the husband's is a confession of his infidelity.
* Chapter 4 of ''Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys'' presents a scenario in which a woman named Elaine says to a guy named Roger: "Do you realize that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?" From that point, two internal monologues diverge: Elaine thinks about her relationship with Roger and their feelings toward each other, while Roger's thoughts concern car repairs.
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by having Vetinari going specifically to talk to Leonard da Quirm to do this.
** He uses it a lot; the three people (well, two people and a talking dog) [[Drowning My Sorrows|Drowning Their Sorrows]] in ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' also do it, and some of Magrat and Verence's awkward conversations come close as well.
** The cultists' meetings in ''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'' use this every single time they talk, usually of the "random 3rd person keeps ranting while everyone else moves on" variety.
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* Happens often on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' between Nina and some other character (usually Maya). Self-absorbed Nina often doesn't realize there is someone else talking next to her.
* Occurs in S7 ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Spike, being crazy, utters a lot of apparent non sequiturs, and the Scoobies ignore them. The twist is that Willow is invisibly present (and the others, except Spike, are invisible to her), and all of Spike's responses make some kind of sense.
* ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' has a sketch in which two men making separate phone calls appear to be having a surreally humorous conversation. Specifically, Gerald (Ronnie Barker) is asking his friend Simon about his date last night, while Walter (Ronnie Corbett) is checking a shopping list with his wife. The scene is one [[Double Entendre]] after another until we find out that Simon's date works at the supermarket they're both talking at, and is having an affair with Walter.
* ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' has this in one episode, with Derek and Meredith. What Derek was talking about I can't remember, but Meredith was talking about how she didn't understand how two people (Burke and Yang) could be in a relationship and not talk to each other.
* Popular in the middle seasons of ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', although that was often One Scene ''Three'' Monologues.
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