Another one from Usenet - David Damerell again:
Super Mario Bros (game): A plumber with a dodgy moustache turns up - supposedly to help a pretty girl, but he never does any actual plumbing.
Edit: Make that two more - here's another from Justin Palmer:
CardCaptor Sakura: a young schoolgirl is stalked by another girl at her school in a tale of possession.
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Super Mario Bros (game): A plumber with a dodgy moustache turns up - supposedly to help a pretty girl, but he never does any actual plumbing.
Edit: Make that two more - here's another from Justin Palmer:
CardCaptor Sakura: a young schoolgirl is stalked by another girl at her school in a tale of possession.
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012