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Comment author: thomblake 12 July 2010 05:07:30PM 3 points [-]

cheap mnemonic device

Yes, it seems to work great for that. I find myself saying things like, "As Lucius Malfoy would say, that sounds like the sort of plot that would work in a story but not in reality." or "That's like the time Harry Potter..."