Unusual Euphemism/Quotes

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"We are fast approaching a point where ordering a sandwich at a deli will land you in prison."
Tycho Brahe (the comic character, not the astronomer), Penny Arcade
"Soon the primal fire began to burn in Lady Hookstraten's body. Her hips twitched and trembled as each...fireball from Oliver's powerful cannon erupted like molten lava into the quivering mouth of her ever-fluttering love purse."
Steve Martin, The Lonely Guy
"MRIFK!"
Grignr, The Eye of Argon

Birger: Can I say dick in here?... Hello! Is one allowed to dick in here?!
Behind the scenery: No!

Birger: No? Well... Then I say synthesizer instead!
—Birgers unintended joke, in Bakhalt
"Sometimes I ride the goat while swabbing the deck, and that is not a euphemism for anything."
"This froopin' WHOMPS!"
T.J. Detweiler, Recess

Finn: I'm gonna go MAN-HANDLE THOSE GUYS' BANANDLES!

Jake: (Beat) What?

(Hugo has just told his father he's in love with Alice.)

Geraldine: So what did he say?

Hugo: Well, I can't tell you what he actually said because, because you're the vicar. But let's say a certain word is represented by another word that, that sounds a little like that word, like, uh... like... "duck," for instance.

(Beat)

Hugo: He asked me what the duck I was playing at. He said he didn't give a flying duck if I ducking loved Alice ducking Tinker, and if I ducking kissed her again, he'd make sure that I was well and truly ducked.

Geraldine: Well, duck me.
The Vicar of Dibley, "Engagement"