From an online source:
http://jellicleblog.vox.com/library/post/in-other-words.html?_c=feed-atom
A: Uncle Chester is coming over for dinner tonight.
B: I guess I'd better hide the liquor.
Most likely implicature: "Uncle Chester has a drinking problem."
Caveat: "However, B's response might implicate,
-- Uncle Chester being a teetotaler, the mere sight of alcohol and its consumption offends him, right? -- and we wouldn't like that, would we? --.
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