"I have heard the rumors of various rates being paid to buy votes, and I solemnly declare that this is not an activity of my party," says the man on the screen, who bears an uncanny resemblance to President Lee Teng-hui.
Or that in a gay marriage boilerplate wording like "I do solemnly declare that I know of no lawful impediment" takes on profound significance.
The cameras rolled, a priest solemnly declared "I christen you Charles," and the short take was over.
When he heard I wanted to be a cartoonist, he solemnly declared, "You know, they already have people who do that".
"Baggers can't be juicers," Pizzarelli solemnly declared, holding a sealed envelope up to his head.
"The day Britannia was decommissioned was the worst day of my life," he solemnly declared.
Pro football, it was solemnly declared, had tackled the zeitgeist and jarred loose the marketing dollar.
To soften the image of extravagance, Barden solemnly declared that the party had a deeper significance.
"It is sad that there are people like you who deliberately commit fraudulent acts of deceptions, misrepresentation and acts to confuse the public," the note solemnly declared.
Then, when regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration refused to even look at ImClone's application for the drug, he solemnly declared, "We screwed up".
