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I have two words that are going to make all your troubles go away. “Miniature.” “Golf.”

— Mayor Wilkins  ·  Buffy the Vampire Slayer

A golf ball rests in a small silver trophy cup on sunlit green grass.
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Miniature golf is presented as a complete cure for trouble. Announcing its two words separately gives a modest pastime the suspense of a major revelation. The exaggerated promise is funny because the proposed solution sounds so small beside the problems it supposedly removes.

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