"Office Space," though it isn't exactly pro-union.

The idea is my own.

The idea is my own.

Idea for entertainment: Google "True Lies," in quotes, and the word _sadism_.  (Well, it's more fun than the movie.)

Idea for entertainment: Google "True Lies," in quotes, and the word _sadism_.  (Well, it's more fun than the movie.)

Comden and Green are vastly underrated. "Singin' in the Rain" and this.

Comden and Green are vastly underrated. "Singin' in the Rain" and this.

Or when he does a Jack Benny bit?

Or when he does a Jack Benny bit?

But even the bad episodes are great for writers to study. Take the early episode where Blake is transferred out and Hawkeye and Trap have to get him back. On the one hand, it's a dud: the jokes are nothingburgers and the plot could have been in any show on the TV dial. But the structure is clean and efficient — not an…

But even the bad episodes are great for writers to study. Take the early episode where Blake is transferred out and Hawkeye and Trap have to get him back. On the one hand, it's a dud: the jokes are nothingburgers and the plot could have been in any show on the TV dial. But the structure is clean and efficient — not an…

If they got pregnant, I don't know how they could carry it to term. Would their kidneys or liver hold up? Would they have trouble with hypertension? Would the shared system of coordination break down with an extra burden?

If they got pregnant, I don't know how they could carry it to term. Would their kidneys or liver hold up? Would they have trouble with hypertension? Would the shared system of coordination break down with an extra burden?

E51, Do not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain doesn't mean not swearing or not using the name itself. (Though it may be good to avoid those, too.)
It means not saying Thus Says The Lord. Every time a leader or a general says "God is on our side" — name one party which has not done this — every time somebody…

E51, Do not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain doesn't mean not swearing or not using the name itself. (Though it may be good to avoid those, too.)
It means not saying Thus Says The Lord. Every time a leader or a general says "God is on our side" — name one party which has not done this — every time somebody…

What about classical era Sparta?

What about classical era Sparta?

To be said in a fast, almost incomprehensible mutter: "When I hear Hank, I don't think about no Breakin' Bad Hank, no whut, I think about 'Peggy, the boy ain't right,' and standin' out in the alley talkin' 'bout the Cowboys and the Oilers, and how good propane can make that BBQ."

To be said in a fast, almost incomprehensible mutter: "When I hear Hank, I don't think about no Breakin' Bad Hank, no whut, I think about 'Peggy, the boy ain't right,' and standin' out in the alley talkin' 'bout the Cowboys and the Oilers, and how good propane can make that BBQ."

The first example I can find is in Orwell's essay, "England Your England," from 1940.