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1ronincats
Welcome to the new thread! The Game continues...
"The Demon Drink stared back at her, rather smugly in her view. Go on, it seem to say, impress me.
"The Demon Drink stared back at her, rather smugly in her view. Go on, it seem to say, impress me.
5pwaites
Witches Abroad? This one seems very witchy.
9anatwork.k
It is Thud.
11anatwork.k
Cheery, as far as I can remember. Yes?
15anatwork.k
Hahaha, you are enjoying this too much!
Okay, last one for tonight -- ? I'm sure I'm still wrong.
I'm changing my guess!
Okay, last one for tonight -- ? I'm sure I'm still wrong.
I'm changing my guess!
17joannasephine
Roni, you are a tricky trickster. There are plenty of male pissheads on the Disc, but other than Nanny, not that many females who imbide so thoroughly ... hang on, are we talking really early? The Light Fantastic, with whatshername, the Henna Haired Harridan?
18anatwork.k
Okay, is it Thief of Time? I just realized it might be Myria LeJean trying water (or tea) for the first time?
22spaceowl
I think it should. Spiritually, it feels like a Discworld book even if it isn't set there.
23anatwork.k
I thought all Pratchett books were fair game...
24ronincats
All Pratchett books are fair game (sorry, some of you newcomers may not have realized that!) and it is indeed Nation. Good work, spaceowl--it's your turn.
We have even had a few quotes from The Bromeliad Trilogy but I don't think we've had any from the Johnny Maxwell books--mostly from the newer non-Discworld books. Have to throw one in every once in a while to keep you all honest!
We have even had a few quotes from The Bromeliad Trilogy but I don't think we've had any from the Johnny Maxwell books--mostly from the newer non-Discworld books. Have to throw one in every once in a while to keep you all honest!
25spaceowl
Hooray! The three hours I spent tracking it down can't be classed as wasted!
Now the quote:
'The sergeant put on the poker face that had been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.'
Now the quote:
'The sergeant put on the poker face that had been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.'
28anatwork.k
Yeah, I realized pretty quick it wasn't. Lol, its the newts that threw me off! I was just going to check my copy of The Last Hero when I realised it was in India. It is really hard to play this game by memory alone. :(
Anyway, I am now going with Jingo. Yes? No? In another space-time continuum?
Anyway, I am now going with Jingo. Yes? No? In another space-time continuum?
29ronincats
And I'll guess Monstrous Regiment.
30spaceowl
anatwork.k; Right universe, wrong book. It isn't Monstrous Regiment either.
However, it IS Discworld.
However, it IS Discworld.
31anatwork.k
Lol. Maybe Feet of Clay? And yes, I am going to work my way through all of the watch books.
32spaceowl
Close, but no golem. Not Feet of Clay
33anatwork.k
Dam***t, I feel like its not a watch book for some reason. Eric just so it is out there.
BTW, is it weird that its just you and I (and ronincats) interacting on this thread so far?
BTW, is it weird that its just you and I (and ronincats) interacting on this thread so far?
34joannasephine
It is Eric, I’m pretty certain. It’s when they meet Lavaeolus, and sneak in to the castle to ‘rescue’ Ellenor, if I remember correctly.
36spaceowl
anatwork.k gets in slightly ahead of joannasephine, so over to you, anatwork.k.
(And yes, apart from the four of us, where is everyone?)
(And yes, apart from the four of us, where is everyone?)
37anatwork.k
#35 Hahaha.
I knew it was the Ephebians and Tsorteans. I should've gone with Eric earlier.
Alright, here we go:
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: ...
Bonus points for whoever can provide the correct answer!
I knew it was the Ephebians and Tsorteans. I should've gone with Eric earlier.
Alright, here we go:
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: ...
Bonus points for whoever can provide the correct answer!
38pinkozcat
Thief of Time is the obvious answer but is probably too easy to be correct.
39justjim
The correct answer to the passing-out test is words to the effect of "Yo, whatever I choose to wear!"
I suspect Thief of Time as well.
I suspect Thief of Time as well.
40anatwork.k
justjim is close about the correct answer.
However, you are both incorrect about Thief of Time. Keep guessing. :)
However, you are both incorrect about Thief of Time. Keep guessing. :)
42anatwork.k
Still no.
44anatwork.k
Still no!
46anatwork.k
And Artur has it. :) Its in a footnote about the Elves' style...
The "correct answer" is "Hey, whatever I select" which was of course almost exactly what justjim said.
Over to you Artur.
The "correct answer" is "Hey, whatever I select" which was of course almost exactly what justjim said.
Over to you Artur.
47Artur
Thanks, anatwork.k. Let's try this one-
"The brain has far less control over the body than the body does over the brain. And adolescence is not a good time. Nor is old age, for that matter, but at least the spots have cleared up, some of the more troublesome glands have settled down and you're allowed to take a nap in the afternoons and twinkle at young women."
"The brain has far less control over the body than the body does over the brain. And adolescence is not a good time. Nor is old age, for that matter, but at least the spots have cleared up, some of the more troublesome glands have settled down and you're allowed to take a nap in the afternoons and twinkle at young women."
49anatwork.k
I don't think this is Discworld at all! Johnny and the Dead perhaps?
50edrandrew
The Last Continent perhaps?
52spaceowl
I think it's something with wizards. Moving Pictures?
53Artur
edrandrew has it. It's The Last Continent, a reflection the Dean is having. Your turn, edrandrew.
54edrandrew
It was like a plate full of continents. A coin tossed into the air by an indecisive god.
56anatwork.k
Yeah it could be any of them. I'll go with The Last Hero.
57pinkozcat
I'll guess at The Colour of Magic
63bada
Woohoo!
"Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact."
"Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact."
64anatwork.k
Moving Pictures, I think. But that might be too easy.
67anatwork.k
Thanks bada. Alright, lets try this one:
He walked over to shut the gate and then pulled out his sword in one fluid movement.
He walked over to shut the gate and then pulled out his sword in one fluid movement.
68joannasephine
Carrot, about to demonstrate why you should always prefer to be held by a bad man than a good, and why you don't look for the king in the dude who pulls the sword out of he stone, but the guy who shoves it in there in the first time? Men at Arms?
69spaceowl
I would guess The Fifth Elephant.
71anatwork.k
All no. Keep going. :)
74anatwork.k
Still no.
75pinkozcat
Obviously one of the night watch series - Night Watch?
76anatwork.k
And pinkozcat has it. Night Watch it is -- Sam Vimes just before he is picked up by the Agony Aunts to go meet Madame Roberta.
77pinkozcat
Here goes then. an easy one:
"And I am sure I don't have to remind you what happened when the late Mr Hong chose to open his Three Jolly Luck Take-Away Fish Bar in Dagon Street during the lunar eclipse."
"And I am sure I don't have to remind you what happened when the late Mr Hong chose to open his Three Jolly Luck Take-Away Fish Bar in Dagon Street during the lunar eclipse."
78spaceowl
The Truth; Lord Vetinari to William de Worde. One of my favorite quotes in Pratchett's entire oeuvre comes just after - 'I wish this enterprise to stay within the bounds of the cult, the canny and the scrutable'.
Love Lord Vetinari.
Love Lord Vetinari.
80spaceowl
In a hurry, so an easy one:
'Just below the dome, staring down from their niches, were statues of the virtues: Patience, Chastity, Silence, Hope, Tubso, Bissonomy and Fortitude.'
'Just below the dome, staring down from their niches, were statues of the virtues: Patience, Chastity, Silence, Hope, Tubso, Bissonomy and Fortitude.'
81AngelaB86
Going Postal? Definitely Moist von Lipwig, I'm just not sure of which book.
87joannasephine
Reaper Man, Death collecting a huge diamond to be friends with Miss Flitworth?
90joannasephine
Woohoo!
This one is a bit obscure, so hopefully it’ll last a little while:
‘You can’t get any wetter than you are now. Anyway, you walk wrong for rain. … You should – well, move between the drops.’
This one is a bit obscure, so hopefully it’ll last a little while:
‘You can’t get any wetter than you are now. Anyway, you walk wrong for rain. … You should – well, move between the drops.’
92ronincats
Is that a Tiffany Aching? Wintersmith, maybe?
93spaceowl
That's an early one, I'm sure - Equal Rites?
94pinkozcat
It certainly sounds witchy. I'll go for Wyrd Sisters?
95Artur
Perhaps A Hat Full of Sky?
96joannasephine
Ooh, Spaceowl, you're good! It was indeed Equal Rites.
97spaceowl
No, just lucky. It was a guess ;)
Here goes:
'Lovely to look at
Nice to hold
If you drop it
You get torn apart by wild horses'
Here goes:
'Lovely to look at
Nice to hold
If you drop it
You get torn apart by wild horses'
100anatwork.k
This feels earlier. The Light Fantastic? Where Rincewind and Cohen and Twoflower were in the traveling shop?
102joannasephine
Or have we entered the world of Boffo? Wintersmith?
103pinkozcat
Back to my default answer then. Unseen Academicals?
105Artur
I think this sounds like Tiffany Aching too, so I'm going to try A Hat Full of Sky again.
106pinkozcat
OK - I'll opt for The Wee Free Men.
107anatwork.k
Artur is right. I couldn't resist yesterday and I looked up the quote. :)
108spaceowl
Artur is indeed right. It's a sign in the House of Boffo in Ankh-Morpork.
Over to you, Artur.
Over to you, Artur.
109Artur
OK, how about this-
"Throughout the history of the Disc most high priests have been serious, pious and conscientious men who have done their best to interpret the wishes of the gods, sometimes disembowelling or flaying alive hundreds of people in a day in order to make sure they're getting it absolutely right."
"Throughout the history of the Disc most high priests have been serious, pious and conscientious men who have done their best to interpret the wishes of the gods, sometimes disembowelling or flaying alive hundreds of people in a day in order to make sure they're getting it absolutely right."
110anatwork.k
I'm going to go with Eric.
111pinkozcat
I'll make a guess at the obvious. Small Gods?
113spaceowl
I think Interesting Times.
117spaceowl
It's a description of B.S. Johnson - I think Feet of Clay
118ronincats
Ah, I was hoping there would be more confusion as to WHICH book B. S. Johnson was discussed in--pinkozcat has it in one.
119pinkozcat
Ah - I thought that it might have been the description of the Patrician's trout pond but couldn't remember which book it was in so I went for the easier option.
He started down the long spiral staircase. After a while he smiled, a thin, tight smile.
He started down the long spiral staircase. After a while he smiled, a thin, tight smile.
121eclecticdodo
moving pictures?
127justjim
Hmmm, 'long spiral* staircase' implies a tall building. What about Sourcery?
*They're actually a helix, not a spiral, but this isn't Pedants' Corner!
*They're actually a helix, not a spiral, but this isn't Pedants' Corner!
129justjim
What about the tall building that was the death of poor Lance-Constable Cuddy in Men at Arms? I can't remember its name, but I think it had an internal staircase.
130pinkozcat
Not Men at Arms either.
131Artur
How about Small Gods?
132pinkozcat
Sorry - not Small Gods
133edrandrew
How about Jingo and the Patrician's success at getting the donkey down the stairs backwards?
135justjim
Alright, I'll go for the tallest building in AM, the Tower of Art, and I'll go very early in the canon, The Light Fantastic? I suspect that the 'he' is Trymon
136pinkozcat
Yes, yes, yes! It is The Light Fantastic and it is just after the Luggage has swallowed the Dean of Liberal Studies.
138justjim
Alright, let us return to B.S. Johnson, my favourite character never to have been in a Discworld® book.
Bring on your best, non-Googled*, guesses!
*Sorry, but it had to be said. There has been a non-disc-bearing elephant in the room for a while now.
…Usually the major flaw was that the designer was Bloody Stupid Johnson. Flaw, you might say, was part of the whole thing. Actually, to be fair, a lot of the things he designed worked quite well. It was just that they didn't do the job they were supposed to.
Bring on your best, non-Googled*, guesses!
*Sorry, but it had to be said. There has been a non-disc-bearing elephant in the room for a while now.
139spaceowl
Hard to call with B.S. Johnson. He pops up everywhere. That one is recent, though, I'm sure. I'll go with Going Postal.
140pinkozcat
I agree that it is about B S Johnson; and i've seen it somewhere quite recently. I'll try for The Truth.
141justjim
Well, it is, as I told you at the start, pinkozcat, about BS Johnson, but the spaceowl picked the actual appearance. It was in Going Postal, just as, if I've kept track of his promotions, Probationary Senior Postman Groat was explaining the theatre organ/sorting machine.
Bring it on, Rob!
Bring it on, Rob!
142pinkozcat
Ah - I'm still fixated on the patrician's trout pond.
Perhaps I had better go back to my default answer next time.
Perhaps I had better go back to my default answer next time.
143spaceowl
Gosh, sorry about the delay, chaps. I was away overnight and didn't check LT.
So: 'YES, IT IS A BIT HARD TO UNDERSTAND, ISN'T IT? APPARENTLY THERE'S THIS THING CALLED THE TROUSERS OF TIME, WHICH IS QUITE ODD, BECAUSE TIME CERTAINLY DOESN'T-'
And OK, it's no sort of a clue, caps are deliberate.
So: 'YES, IT IS A BIT HARD TO UNDERSTAND, ISN'T IT? APPARENTLY THERE'S THIS THING CALLED THE TROUSERS OF TIME, WHICH IS QUITE ODD, BECAUSE TIME CERTAINLY DOESN'T-'
And OK, it's no sort of a clue, caps are deliberate.
145edrandrew
If not there, possibly night watch?
146pinkozcat
If the caps are a deliberate attempt to deceive then I'll opt for Lords and Ladies.
147spaceowl
No, no and surprisingly, no. And I thought it would be an easy one.
And the caps aren't an attempt to deceive, it's Death of course.
And the caps aren't an attempt to deceive, it's Death of course.
148pinkozcat
How about Reaper Man then?
149joannasephine
Or is it Death talking to Moist? Going Postal?
151anatwork.k
Hi all, I'm back.
It's got to be after Thief of Time because the joke there is Time is a woman so the trousers...
I'll go for Monstrous Regiment even though I don't remember the exact circumstances of this conversation. I feel like it is Death talking to a secondary or minor character as opposed to Vimes.
It's got to be after Thief of Time because the joke there is Time is a woman so the trousers...
I'll go for Monstrous Regiment even though I don't remember the exact circumstances of this conversation. I feel like it is Death talking to a secondary or minor character as opposed to Vimes.
152pinkozcat
That is a BIG straddle. Night Watch?
153anatwork.k
Lol, it is a big straddle isn't it pinkozcat? BTW, I think edrandrew already mentioned Night Watch in 145.
159pinkozcat
How about The Last Continent
161edrandrew
Fifth Elephant perhaps?
162spaceowl
We have a winner!
The trousers Vimes was wearing at the time, were of course, the dismal and pointless ones of Uncle Vanya.
Over to you, edrandrew!
The trousers Vimes was wearing at the time, were of course, the dismal and pointless ones of Uncle Vanya.
Over to you, edrandrew!
163anatwork.k
Damn...I *thought* it was TFE then changed it! :-)
164edrandrew
... was a humble woodcutter. He wasn't humble because he was a woodcutter. He would still have been quite humble if he'd owned five logging mills. He was just naturally humble.
165eclecticdodo
the hogfather?
167anatwork.k
I will go with Equal Rites.
172edrandrew
No, no and, again, no. The Uriah Heep in question goes by the name of Cando Cutoff, although I accept that this probably doesn't help much.
174anatwork.k
The Fifth Elephant because you are tricksy? ;)
175edrandrew
Again, no and no. Possibly a bit more usefully, we encounter Cando as a source of travel planning information.
178spaceowl
Carpe Jugulum? I'm sure he's an Uberwaldian, whoever he is.
179edrandrew
Still no joy. A near miss with Uberwaldian though, as he is Lancrastrian - at least that's a fair guess. He also overheard the prize conversation that went thus...
'Yes. Have you got any special low terms for witches?'
'Yeah, how about "meddling, interfering old baggages"?'
'Yes. Have you got any special low terms for witches?'
'Yeah, how about "meddling, interfering old baggages"?'
180joannasephine
That would be Maskerade then? En route to save Agnes, and fill Nanny’s knickers?
(If I’m right, someone else take my go.)
(If I’m right, someone else take my go.)
182pinkozcat
Maybe you should nominate someone, edrandrew. But not me, please; it is more fun guessing.
183KayEluned
(picks up abandoned gauntlet)
If no one minds?
'She turned. A young man of godlike* proportions was standing in the doorway
*The better class of gods, anyway. Not the ones with the tentacles, obviously.'
If no one minds?
'She turned. A young man of godlike* proportions was standing in the doorway
*The better class of gods, anyway. Not the ones with the tentacles, obviously.'
184spaceowl
Isn't that Angua meeting Carrot in Men at Arms?
187Artur
"People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work every day, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear."
190spaceowl
Sorry about that - a complete guess as well!
Let's try:
'It was not a happy turnip. It was blotchy. It was bouncing gently from one side of the jar to another, occasionally turning over.'
Let's try:
'It was not a happy turnip. It was blotchy. It was bouncing gently from one side of the jar to another, occasionally turning over.'
193anatwork.k
Lets take it to the witches with A Hat Full of Sky.
194spaceowl
It was indeed the pioneering man-turnip personality transfer experiment in Making Money. Over to you, AA.
195AngelaB86
Sorry for the delay.
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.
197anatwork.k
Witches Abroad but I think MrsLee had it. :)
199pinkozcat
I'll try Lords and Ladies - a wildish guess
201pinkozcat
Me?? Hmmm ...
There have been Capability Brown, Sagacity Smith, Intuition De Vere Slade-Gore ... In Ank-Morpork, there was Bloody Stupid Johnson.
There have been Capability Brown, Sagacity Smith, Intuition De Vere Slade-Gore ... In Ank-Morpork, there was Bloody Stupid Johnson.
203pinkozcat
No, not Feet of Clay.
204anatwork.k
Night Watch? This quote seems later.
205pinkozcat
No - not Night Watch.
206anatwork.k
Hmmm, then Carrot giving Angua an Ankh-Morpork tour in Men at Arms? :)
207pinkozcat
Yes, it is Men at Arms but it is actually a description of the patrician's garden. Capability Brown was the clue in the quote.
Your turn, anatwork.k
Your turn, anatwork.k
208anatwork.k
Oh that is right. Which is why it was giving me vague feelings of being about a country house.
Alright here's the quote:
There was always paperwork. It is well known that any drive to reduce paperwork only results in extra paperwork.
Guess away!
Alright here's the quote:
There was always paperwork. It is well known that any drive to reduce paperwork only results in extra paperwork.
Guess away!
210edrandrew
Although it could be The Fifth Elephant and the abortive use of the Sgt Colon approach.
211anatwork.k
Neither!
212joannasephine
Have you gotten all cunning and used a quote from the newest possible? Snuff?
213anatwork.k
Hahaha, not cunning enough. Your go, joannasephine! :)
214joannasephine
I don’t think I’ve used this one before:
“You mean pink, square and dumpy? You really know how to talk to a girl, my boy”
“You mean pink, square and dumpy? You really know how to talk to a girl, my boy”
216anatwork.k
Hmm...is this Guards! Guards! when Carrot first comes to the city?
217joannasephine
No and no.
;-)
;-)
220spaceowl
I don't recognise that one at all, so I'll guess Interesting Times on the basis that that is the one Discworld book I don't own.
221joannasephine
Still no!
222anatwork.k
It could be Nigel (?) in Sourcery. It has been years and years since I read some of the earlier Pratchett's so I may not be as familiar with them. The one thing this game has taught me is that I *must* reread all my discworld books once I get home. I have a winter break project. :)
224joannasephine
And still no!
This has to be a record for me.
This has to be a record for me.
226joannasephine
And we have a winner. Yes, it was Mort. Take it away pinkozcat!
227pinkozcat
I should have got it sooner - it was the "boy" which finally triggered my memory.
Here is an easy one:
Rincewind had eaten in many countries on the disc, and sometimes he'd been able to complete an entire meal before having to run away.
Here is an easy one:
Rincewind had eaten in many countries on the disc, and sometimes he'd been able to complete an entire meal before having to run away.
229pinkozcat
No not Interesting Times and it was Ysabel talking to Mort, I think.
232justjim
Is this where Rincewind 'invents' Vegemite, aka yeasty vegetable soup, in The Last Continent?
233pinkozcat
justjim has it. The invention of vegemite in The Last Continent.
I'm glad that you have put in a link to vegemite for all our American friends here.
I'm glad that you have put in a link to vegemite for all our American friends here.
234justjim
Yes, I thought that link might be required.
Completely OT, how are the skies in the west? Are you going to be able to see the eclipse tonight? It's horizon-to-horizon cloud and raining here. Boo, hiss!
Anyhoo...
Mr ... then got a job in a pet shop in Pellicool Steps, but left after three days because the way the kittens stared at him gave him nightmares. The world can be very cruel to some people.
Completely OT, how are the skies in the west? Are you going to be able to see the eclipse tonight? It's horizon-to-horizon cloud and raining here. Boo, hiss!
Anyhoo...
Mr ... then got a job in a pet shop in Pellicool Steps, but left after three days because the way the kittens stared at him gave him nightmares. The world can be very cruel to some people.
236justjim
Yes! Poor Mr Scattering.
You know Pinky is going to be annoyed at us, don't you? Me for setting from her default guess and you for getting it right before she noticed!
Well done anyway. Keep calm and carry on.
You know Pinky is going to be annoyed at us, don't you? Me for setting from her default guess and you for getting it right before she noticed!
Well done anyway. Keep calm and carry on.
237AngelaB86
Do you think she can be bribed? With cookies?
"Oh, well, if you prefer, I can recognize handwriting. I'm quite advanced. ... Yep, that's handwriting, sure enough. Curly bits, spiky bits, all joined together. Yep. Handwriting. I'd recognize it anywhere."
"Oh, well, if you prefer, I can recognize handwriting. I'm quite advanced. ... Yep, that's handwriting, sure enough. Curly bits, spiky bits, all joined together. Yep. Handwriting. I'd recognize it anywhere."
238pinkozcat
The sky in the west? I can see one star. It has been humid, downright wet on Tuesday and rather warm. Not at all what I am used to so close to Christmas; it should be hot and dry. I might as well be living in Sydney ...
I don't think that I'll sit up and wait for the eclipse - not even sure where the moon will be tonight but I suspect that I'd have to go and sit by the pool on the other side of the building.
I don't know the latest quote so I'll have to guess again; Snuff.
I don't think that I'll sit up and wait for the eclipse - not even sure where the moon will be tonight but I suspect that I'd have to go and sit by the pool on the other side of the building.
I don't know the latest quote so I'll have to guess again; Snuff.
240pinkozcat
I didn't think that it would be correct. Interesting Times?
242spaceowl
No, that's a Guards quote, I'm almost sure. Feet of Clay?
244spaceowl
Sorry about the delay - I really ought to check in more often.
Anyway, an easy one because it's nearly christmas.
"Can't say I've seen that much of Death" said Ridcully. "But in so far as I have seen he's tended to be, well, he, to start with. And a good deal thinner...?"
Anyway, an easy one because it's nearly christmas.
"Can't say I've seen that much of Death" said Ridcully. "But in so far as I have seen he's tended to be, well, he, to start with. And a good deal thinner...?"
245pinkozcat
No idea, so Unseen Academicals?
247SockMonkeyGirl
Soul Music? Where Susan takes over for Death.
251Ardagor
One quick and easy then to get moving again.
"Can I help you ladies? said a voice. Its tone suggested very clearly that it wasn`t anticipating offering any kind of help whatsoever, except out into the street at speed."
"Can I help you ladies? said a voice. Its tone suggested very clearly that it wasn`t anticipating offering any kind of help whatsoever, except out into the street at speed."
253spaceowl
I'd guess Thief of Time.
255MrsLee
Rats. edrandrew beat me to it. It's the dressmaker's assistant approaching Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg in Maskerade. :) One of my favorite bits.
257edrandrew
For the really up-to-the-epoch occultist, who could afford the version bound in spider skin, there was even an insert showing the London Underground with three stations they never dare show on the public maps.
260ronincats
No, no, no, it's Good Omens, of course. Surely. I hope?
261edrandrew
No to all three - even to ronincats, though it may have been recycled there, that's not where I found it.
262pinkozcat
I'll stay with Johny at this stage. Johnny and the Bomb?
265spaceowl
Sourcery. I remember the reference to the London Underground being a bit jarring in the context of a Discworld book.
267spaceowl
'Fire was always the terror in those parts of the city where wood and thatch predominated. That was why everyone had been so dead set against any form of fire brigade, reasoning - with impeccable Ankh-Morpork logic - that any bunch of men that were paid to put out fires would naturally see to it that there was a plentiful supply of fires to put out.'
271edrandrew
The Colour of Magic perhaps - much of the city burnt down then.
274spaceowl
Well, THE Truth if I was going to be pedantic, whch I'm not because it's Christmas.
Over to you, Cat!
Over to you, Cat!
275pinkozcat
I beg your pardon - THE Truth :)
"Be a duck for too long and a duck you'll stay. A bright duck, maybe, with some odd memories, but still a duck."
Big hint - I have NOT gone seasonal.
"Be a duck for too long and a duck you'll stay. A bright duck, maybe, with some odd memories, but still a duck."
Big hint - I have NOT gone seasonal.
277pinkozcat
No - not Equal Rites.
279edrandrew
Not seasonal, eh? Let's try Hat full of Sky.
283Artur
It's got to be the witches, so how about Witches Abroad?
284pinkozcat
No - not Witches Abroad
288pinkozcat
No, not Wyrd Sisters.
291anatwork.k
I cannot think of any Rincewind situation like this (doesn't mean it doesn't exist). Is this maybe referring to the duck man and is The Fifth Elephant?
292pinkozcat
No - not The Fifth Elephant either.
293justjim
Not witches? I felt for sure that it was about borrowing. Only witches do that, don't they? A wizard, almost by definition, wouldn't be able to do it.
No guess, just thinking out loud to see if it would help me. It didn't!
No guess, just thinking out loud to see if it would help me. It didn't!
297justjim
It just HAS to be about borrowing and only witches do that. Unless you've gone off-cannon, but I can't think of anything even remotely similar in the Nomes, Johnny or Carpet People.
It occurs to me that Lu-Tze and Lobsang steal a broom from a witches cottage on the way to AM in Thief of Time so I'm going to guess that.
Edit: Crap! I just found the pages where they pinched the broom from the eaves, and no mention of borrowing.
It occurs to me that Lu-Tze and Lobsang steal a broom from a witches cottage on the way to AM in Thief of Time so I'm going to guess that.
Edit: Crap! I just found the pages where they pinched the broom from the eaves, and no mention of borrowing.
299justjim
What? Where? That can't be right. I don't want it to be right!
Edit: (after calming down) Anyway, we're nearly at 300 posts. I'll start a new game in a new thread shortly.
Edit: (after calming down) Anyway, we're nearly at 300 posts. I'll start a new game in a new thread shortly.
300pinkozcat
In my paperback version it is on page 305.
"We, er, stole the broomstick of one of them to get here," said Lobsang.
"Really? Bit of luck for you that the world's ended then", said Susan. "Anyway, some of the best witches have this trick they call borrowing. They can get into the mind of an animal. Very useful But the trick is to know when to pull out. Be a duck for too long ... etc"
"We, er, stole the broomstick of one of them to get here," said Lobsang.
"Really? Bit of luck for you that the world's ended then", said Susan. "Anyway, some of the best witches have this trick they call borrowing. They can get into the mind of an animal. Very useful But the trick is to know when to pull out. Be a duck for too long ... etc"
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