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Yet another Pratchett-quoting post
*giggling madly*
On the advice of my oh-so-intelligent Daria, I undertook the reading of The Wee Free Men. Yep, it's a Discworld book and so very much worth the read.
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That wasn't a lie. In fat, it was completely true. Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn't divide easily into "true" and "false", but instead could be things that people needed to know at the moment and things that they didn't need to know at the moment.
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"They think written words are even more powerful," whispered the toad. "They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers."
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(after drinking lamp oil in a lighthouse)
"I told yez the wee skull on it meant we shouldna touch it!"
"Big Yan said that showed it wuz strong stuff! An' things ha' come to a pretty pass, ye ken, if people are going to leave stuff like that aroound where innocent people could accidentally smash the door doon and lever the bars aside and take the big chain off 'f the cupboard and pick the lock and drink it!"
"What's flammable mean?"
"It means it catches fire!"
"Okay, okay, dinna panic. No belchin', and none of youse is to tak' a leak anywhere near any naked flames, okay? And act nat'ral."
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Now, don't you want to read this book? *grin*
On the advice of my oh-so-intelligent Daria, I undertook the reading of The Wee Free Men. Yep, it's a Discworld book and so very much worth the read.
~~~~
That wasn't a lie. In fat, it was completely true. Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn't divide easily into "true" and "false", but instead could be things that people needed to know at the moment and things that they didn't need to know at the moment.
~~~~
"They think written words are even more powerful," whispered the toad. "They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers."
~~~~
(after drinking lamp oil in a lighthouse)
"I told yez the wee skull on it meant we shouldna touch it!"
"Big Yan said that showed it wuz strong stuff! An' things ha' come to a pretty pass, ye ken, if people are going to leave stuff like that aroound where innocent people could accidentally smash the door doon and lever the bars aside and take the big chain off 'f the cupboard and pick the lock and drink it!"
"What's flammable mean?"
"It means it catches fire!"
"Okay, okay, dinna panic. No belchin', and none of youse is to tak' a leak anywhere near any naked flames, okay? And act nat'ral."
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Now, don't you want to read this book? *grin*