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* Chevrolet runs a TV commercial where it shows all of the cars it makes that get better EPA estimated mileage than the equivalent Honda. At the end of the commercial, the announcer says, "There's one thing Honda makes that we can't compete with. It's even self-propelled," and the camera pans down to show a Honda lawnmower.

* The jargon used by real-estate agents could be labeled as this: "cozy" means too small, "a good fixer-upper" means it's a dump, an "efficient kitchen" means it's too small to fit more than 1 person at a time, and so forth.

** French [[Stand Up Comedy|comedian]] Patrick Timsit had a field day with this.

** The Dutch Comedy show did a similar sketch where two obnoxious yuppies demolished every selling point a real estate broker gave them ("Good access by car and public transport." "Highway through the back yard, foundations ruined by the subway line."), turning into a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]. As they walked away satisfied, they decided they were going to buy it anyway.

* A review quoted on the back cover of a [[Lensman]] novel by E.E. "Doc" Smith reads: "Fine for science fiction addicts." It's like an endorsement for methadone.

* On page 3 of his comic "The Master Plan!", [[Johnny Turbo]] bursts out, "And they're giving you games that we '''already''' have! Why, we released '''''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''''' on CD almost '''two years ago!!'''" ''Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective'' isn't well remembered for being a [[Killer App]], to put it mildly.

 

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