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{{quote|''"Policemen asking questions are being policemen, but little old ladies asking questions are just being [[Obfuscating Stupidity|little old ladies]]."''|'''Miss Marple''', ''[[Miss Marple]]''}}
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This trope makes a perverse sort of sense. Old women are '''supposed''' to be nosy, and attract little attention when they are. A grandmotherly type may be a lot better at prying relevant but embarrassing details from suspects than the gruff policeman. Finally, she is frequently protected by [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: who would dare to off the nice old lady?
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