As if by magic, the assistant appears and takes the cherry pie off the shelf. "Would you like to try the pie on, sir?" she asks. "Um... no, it's a pie, not a suit," you say. "Suit! That's it, that's what I meant, sir. Would sir like to try the suit on?" "It's not suit, it's a pie. You can't try a pie on. Because it's a pie." "I know," says the assistant sadly, "It's just another one of those pointless dialogues whose only purpose is to link to something else." "We didn't get away with it, did we?" "No." "Damn."
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