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** It's the countries that take soldiers hands away you really have to watch out for.
* [[Empty Cop Threat]]: Even if the cops can't ''actually'' charge the suspect with obstruction of justice, they can still ''threaten'' to do it—and some cops do.
* [[The European Carry All]]: Just check out this "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090318143100/http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302024102&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442133688 one leg pant]", or as most people would call it, a skirt.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: There are real situations that keep from someone becoming a [[Complete Monster]], even if they had crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon|line]] in some areas the resulted in them being vilified. There are also [[Pet the Dog]] moments as well.
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* [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]: Because offline, at least, your brain comes up with that great quip far too late.
* [[I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!]]: Capsaicin (the stuff that makes chili peppers hot) is very addictive.
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: Bill Butterfield was so bitter about his football career ending in high school that he tried to push his son into athletic success. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120223194242/http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2002/writing/over250/over250.enterprise.fifth2.html The results weren't pretty]. Also mothers of beauty pageant girls, and parents trying to push kids into careers or better academic levels.
* [[I Hate Past Me]]: Everyone at one point or another has looked back on their life and asked at different points "What was I thinking?!".
* [[Idle Rich]]: Because for some people, being rich ''is'' their life's accomplishment. Aversions, however, do exist.
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* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Turkmenbashi was a very... eccentric ruler. Yes, he was a dictator. But he didn't have gulags and didn't violate any human rights. He was just weird.
* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]: The need for food is universal among animals and humans, and larger amounts of and specific kinds (more nutritious in specific ways, or providing of certain ingredients) of food are needed for those whose occupations or hobbies are physically (and in some cases mentally) demanding.
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Ninjas used the [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/D0510121-0-large.jpg Nekode]{{Dead link}} and Indians used the Tiger's Claw for fighting
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Used by police to break up fights and riots before they really start.
* [[Worthless Foreign Degree]]: Sadly true.
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