Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?

“I would like permission to fetch a note from my mother, sir' Ridcully sighed. '…”

“I heard this story once," she said, "where this bloke got locked up for years a…”

“On the dresser was a row of blue-and-white jars that weren't very useful for an…”

“Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.”