If Rick were here, she thought, he'd get me to dial 3 and that way I'd find myself wanting to dial something important, ebullient joy or if not that then possibly an 888, the desire to watch TV no matter what's on it.
Dick, Philip K.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
He was as ebullient and ruddy as mulled claret, and Nately liked him a great deal, although he did not like mulled claret.
Heller, Joseph
Catch-22