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[EU] "Are you working, Mr. Wick?" "I don't think I'm at the liberty to say. Are you, Mr. Bond?"

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[WP] "The real power behind the throne is the knee the king was raised on." "So we must negotiate with his mother?" "Egad, no. The royal nurse."

271 upvotes

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[WP] The worst assassins are brooding ex-soldiers with grim reaper tattoos. The intermediate assassins are professionals, sober and levelheaded. The very best assassins are the nicest people you could ever hire to kill someone.

248 upvotes

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[WP] Security at the Mob wedding is airtight, every vantage point under the watchful eyes of hardened gunmen. Cupid must find a way to sneak in and take the shot in order to save the couple from a loveless, cold marriage.

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[WP] Days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into seconds. Years turned into meters. This time machine wasn't working very well.

160 upvotes

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[WP] The anthill by the sidewalk has been there for weeks. Today, however, it seems to have gotten a moat.

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[WP] The clashes of superhuman heroes and villains have made normal humans an endangered species. You're one of the last, and are being relocated to a 'conservation zone'.

76 upvotes

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[EU] In the Mafia, what the Boss wants, he gets. And when the Boss says that his son Calvin wants a pet tiger...

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[EU] A Sangheili watches the Earth classic "300" with a human friend of theirs during the interwar period. On the way out of the theater, the alien has more than a few questions.

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[WP] "How did you escape, grandpa?" "Escape? Sally, darling, I was in one o' them industrial-type kitchens. Those mobsters were lucky that they got out alive."

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[EU] "Are you working, Mr. Wick?" "I don't think I'm at the liberty to say. Are you, Mr. Bond?"	329
[WP] "The real power behind the throne is the knee the king was raised on." "So we must negotiate with his mother?" "Egad, no. The royal nurse."	271
[WP] The worst assassins are brooding ex-soldiers with grim reaper tattoos. The intermediate assassins are professionals, sober and levelheaded. The very best assassins are the nicest people you could ever hire to kill someone.	248
[WP] Security at the Mob wedding is airtight, every vantage point under the watchful eyes of hardened gunmen. Cupid must find a way to sneak in and take the shot in order to save the couple from a loveless, cold marriage.	187
[WP] Days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into seconds. Years turned into meters. This time machine wasn't working very well.	160
[WP] The anthill by the sidewalk has been there for weeks. Today, however, it seems to have gotten a moat.	95
[WP] The clashes of superhuman heroes and villains have made normal humans an endangered species. You're one of the last, and are being relocated to a 'conservation zone'.	76
[EU] In the Mafia, what the Boss wants, he gets. And when the Boss says that his son Calvin wants a pet tiger...	63
[EU] A Sangheili watches the Earth classic "300" with a human friend of theirs during the interwar period. On the way out of the theater, the alien has more than a few questions.	54
[WP] "How did you escape, grandpa?" "Escape? Sally, darling, I was in one o' them industrial-type kitchens. Those mobsters were lucky that they got out alive."	50