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Imagine the damage floor polish would do you. Father Ted s1e6: Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest, Ted, Channel 4 1995
All I’ve ever dreamed of is being laminated throughout. The Royle Family s4e1: The Queen of Sheba, Barbara, BBC 2006
The chequered floor is the symbol for cross-dimensional travel. The Arrivals, 2008
For centuries the Illuminati have been successfully worshipping and summoning demons on the chequered floor. ibid.
And the long carpets rose along the gusty floor. John Keats, The Eve of St Agnes
If God wanted us to bend over he’d put diamonds on the floor. Joan Rivers
Why are you rolling about on the floor? The History of Mr Polly by H G Wells 1949 starring John Mills & Betty Ann Davies & Megs Jenkins & Finlay Currie & Gladys Henson & Diana Churchill & Shelagh Fraser & Edward Chapman & Dandy Nichols & Sally Ann Howers & Juliet Mills et al, director Anthony Pelissier, boss to Mr Polly
The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
He’s on the floor! He’s on the fucking floor! The Death of Stalin 2017 starring Steve Buscemi & Simon Russell Beale & Paddy Considine & Rupert Friend & Jason Isaacs & Michael Palin & Andrea Riseborough & Jeffrey Tambor & Adrian McLoughlin et al, director Armando Iannucci, Krushchev
St George’s Hall: One of the hall’s most glorious features is its Minton floor, a mosaic of over 35,000 clay tiles. Jonathan Foyle, People’s Palaces: The Golden Age of Civic Architecture I: Neo-Classical, BBC 2020