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{{quote|There is no Miss Zarves. [[Missing Floor|There is no nineteenth]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|story]]. Sorry.}}
* ''[[Dave Barry]] In Cyberspace'' includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[Inherently Funny Words|Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
** ''Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway'' had a double-layered use of the trope: in the American Constitution, Article I Section 8 reads "Section 8 has been intentionally left blank." This becomes doubly funny if you know that [[Late to the Punchline|Section 8 is the part of the Constitution that gives Congress all of its legal power]].
* The book ''My Brother Was an Only Child'' by Jack Douglas has, as the entire contents of Chapter Nineteen: "To hell with Chapter 19. Every damn book you pick up has a Chapter 19."
** Except ''Sideways Stories from [[Wayside School]]''.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
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