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* In ''[[Neuromancer]]'', the Finn wearily observes "I gotta pair a ''shoes'' older than you."
* In ''[[The Candy Shop War]],'' Nate tells Mr. Stott that {{spoiler|Belinda White}} has claimed that Hanaver Mills is her ancestor. Mr. Stott's response? " {{spoiler|Belinda White}} has been using magic since Hanaver Mills was in diapers."
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* In ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', Catherine is surprised to discover that her love interest Henry Tilney shares her enjoyment of Gothic novels. He cheerfully replies that given how much older he is, he's almost certainly read lots ''more'' of them than she has.
* In ''[[Anne of Green Gables|Anne's House of Dreams]]'', Miss Cornelia uses this to crush an obnoxious minister.
* In the ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]]'', the Ferengi politician Kain has the following retort when criticized by a colleague: "You watch it, boy. I was cheating Yridians when your mother was too young to chew food".
* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, Mudclaw is told to show more respect to his dying leader, Tallstar, because Tallstar was leader when Mudclaw was a kit mewling in the nursery.
* ''River Song'': "This guy fought fires when you were still sucking on your mother's ***."
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