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Then [[Fee Fi Faux Pas|it hits them]] as they hear their own voice, they stop, look around, make a blank expressions and say...
'''"Did I just say that out loud?"''' [[Hilarity Ensues]]
TV writer Jane Espenson has castigated this trope as a "clam"; that is, a piece of stock dialogue grown unfunny through overuse. However, she admits a theoretical variant where a character sits silently for a few minutes and then says '''Did I Just Say That Out Loud?''' would still be funny (See the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' example in ''Live Action TV'').
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'''Eric Sevareid''' (on CBS News broadcast): He says everything is A-OK. }}
* From ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'': "VERONICA CORNINGSTONE AND I HAD SEX, AND WE ARE IN LOVE!"
== Literature ==
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* In Steven Erikson's ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'', the would-be-nefarious High Priest Iskaral Pust fancies himself a master of deception—and it might work, if he weren't constantly speaking his every thought aloud, including thoughts along the lines of "Ah, he's falling for it!"
** It is implied that Pust [[Obfuscating Stupidity|does this intentionally]], as it leads others to believe he is terrible at deception. Cotillion mentions that it is likely all a hoax.
* The exact line isn't used, but in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
** Of course, we know Vetinari was messing with Moist for his own amusement. Which he does with about everybody. A lot. They come to his office to make a simple complaint, and walk away with the feeling that they just narrowly escaped with their life.
{{quote|"Do not let me ''detain'' you."}}
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