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Google “[[absent a written agreement between the parties that expressly imposes affirmative obligations to the contrary for that transaction]]”, in quotes <ref>{{google1|absent+a+written+agreement+between+the+parties+that+expressly+imposes+affirmative+obligations+to+the+contrary+for+that+transaction}}: you’ll need to supply your own quotation marks.</ref>, if you don't believe me. There are 2000 hits for this exact phrase.  


By contrast, “Last night, I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got in my pyjamas, I'll never know.”<ref>{{google1|Last+night,+I+shot+an+elephant+in+my+pyjamas.+How+he+got+in+my+pyjamas,+I'll+never+know}}: you’ll need to supply your own quotation marks.</ref> garners only 4,000 hits.
By contrast, “Last night, I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got in my pyjamas, I'll never know.”<ref>{{google1|Last+night,+I+shot+an+elephant+in+my+pyjamas.+How+he+got+in+my+pyjamas,+I’ll+never+know}}: you’ll need to supply your own quotation marks.</ref> garners only 4,000 hits.


HOW CAN THIS PHRASE BE HALF AS POPULAR AS ONE OF GROUCHO MARX'S GREATEST LINES?
HOW CAN THIS PHRASE BE HALF AS POPULAR AS ONE OF GROUCHO MARX'S GREATEST LINES?