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[[File:Sausage.jpg| | [[File:Sausage.jpg|500px|thumb|center|A (singular) sausage, yesterday]] | ||
}}''A roadside cafe, | }}''A roadside cafe, 1983. '''Bad News''' guitarist Den approaches the counter with his tray.'' | ||
:'''Cashier''': Two pounds and five pence, please, love. | :'''Cashier''': Two pounds and five pence, please, love. | ||
:'''Den''': Two quid? | :'''Den''': Two quid? | ||
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:''(Later)'' | :''(Later)'' | ||
:'''Den''': Wait a minute! It says “sausa''ges''” up there, not just one sausage! Look at that! Look, it says “sausa''ges''”! Where’s me other sausage, then? | :'''Den''': Wait a minute! It says “sausa''ges''” up there, not just one sausage! Look at that! Look, it says “sausa''ges''”! Where’s me other sausage, then? | ||
::—''Comic Strip Presents: The Bad News Tour'' | ::—''Comic Strip Presents: The Bad News Tour (1983)'' | ||
To what end the forensic remark “All references to the singular [[shall]] include the [[plural]], and vice versa”? | To what end the forensic remark “All references to the singular [[shall]] include the [[plural]], and vice versa”? | ||