A yellow tennis ball and folded pastel headband rest on a small wooden bench in a softly lit room.

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Amber

Ummm, Ms. Stoger. My plastic surgeon says I shouldn't do any activity where balls fly at my nose.

— Clueless ‧ 1995

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Our interpretation.

Amber cites a plastic surgeon's advice to avoid activities with flying balls. The formal appeal to medical advice makes the objection sound serious, while the blunt wording makes it comic. The excerpt leaves open whether this is a genuine concern or a convenient excuse.

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