A Pratchett Quote Game: thread #28

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The knocking came again, soft and urgent. She pulled the covers up to her chin.

'Who is it?' she whispered.

Witches Abroad? I'm thinking of the scene with the wolf.

Ooh, what big {fill in the blank} you have!

Sorry, but not WA.

I'm thinking something with 'Tiffany', first one that comes to hand is A hat full of sky ?

ETA. I think I will re-read it anyway!

Sorry, Guido, you may be aching, but it's not AHFoS,

OK Jim, do I have to go through all the 'Tiffany' novels or will you be gentle with me. How about
The Wee Free Men ?

Hey, Bigjobs! No, it isnae WFM either. See you?!?

Jim, Cricket is still playing, you can't go to sleep yet. OK. OK. It 'aint TEST but still...

MY last 2 goes:

Wintersmith or
I Shall wear Midnight

OR

it might be Hogfather

but do my 3 goes in one post count as cheating?

If so, and if I get it right, I forfeit to the next person.

Guido.

Lords and Ladies?

Whoops, sorry guys.

That's three "no"s to Guido and a "no" to Minnie.

Mort?

Yes indeed. That was Ysabell being woken by Mort. Wasn't I sneaky?

Not half as sneaky as I am going to be. Pratchett's women are strong and not afraid of the dark so it simply had to be an unexpected occurrence. It either had to be Ysabel or the princess.

Just getting away, that was the important thing. From was more important than to.

Soul Music?

Not Soul Music

Ouch! That's every single book Rincewind has been in. Sometimes several times per book! Well, the concept, if not those exact words.

Interesting Times?

Not Interesting Times

equal rites?

Hi Group,

I wonder if there is a 'complete text' DB of Pratchette's works.
I only mentioned this 'cos there is a complete DB for Patrick O'Brian 's works.

This would of course change the nature of these (28) threads. A bit like NOT using Mobile/Cell phones in a "trivia pub quest"?

Guido, mate. Just google any of the clues given here and you will be given the book and the page number. It's one of the reasons I don't play this game very much.

This is a case where Pratchett has quoted himself instead of quoting other authors. I said that it was tricky

HINT

In other words - it is not Rincewind

Not The Last Continent?

As for Googling the clues/quotes--that is cheating.

Yes and no – doing it is fine. It’s using it to help you win this game that’s underhanded.

The best place I’ve found for getting info about various Pratchett references is (or was – it hasn’t been updated since 2008) the Annotated Pratchett File. It’s brilliant for finding out what some of the jokes, bits of folklore, character names etc are based on, and for reminding you about bits you’d forgotten.

Just don’t expect to be able to merely dip in and out of it …

I went in and looked up an answer once but immediately and publicly withdrew from that particular game. It is no fun looking up the answer - the guessing is the fun part; the boring bit is waiting for someone to guess your quote.

No - not The Last Continent; not Rincewind at all.

Vimes in The Fifth Elephant?

Not The Fifth Elephant

Think running away. Rincewind wasn't the only person to run away.

Moist, in Going Postal?

no - wrong sex

How about Monstrous Regiment?

And I do occasionally google the quotes, but when I do, I don't participate in the game after that for that quote.

Sorry - not Monstrous Regiment

Going off the wall--The Wee Free Men?

No - do you want another hint?

Maaaybe...It seems that every book has somebody running away from Something...
Thief of Time?

No - not Thief of Time

Another hint ...

Think of soggy poultry

Witches Abroad?

Snuff, and the pursuit onboard the Wonderful Fanny (insert sniggers here)?
If I'm right, Spunkypineapple can take my turn. Welcome to the game!

Spunkypineapple has it anyway. It was the wet hen, Magret running away from the ball when the clock struck twelve.

Witches Abroad is the correct answer.

I've messaged Spunkypineapple but with no response so I'll post an easy quote to get things going again.

"That wath Thcrapth!" said Igor, breaking into a run. "Thcraapththh?" said Agnes.

The Fifth Elephant

Not The Fifth Elephant. Sorry ...

Carpe Jugulum
Which it took me 3 attempts to spell...

LOL

Yes Scraps only appears in Carpe Jugulum.

It's all yours ...

OK, well that might just have to wait until I get home from work.
shhhh, I'm not browsing t'interweb from work - honest I'm not >;-)

Please would someone - ANYONE - post a quote to get this thread going again. It would be a pity to abandon it.

Well, all right, here goes nothing.

"{...} There was that Holy Wood moving picture fiasco a few years ago, yes? And that Music with Rocks In business not long after, we never got to the bottom of that. {...}"

Snuff?

#42 Sorry, I knew it was one of the Witches books, just wasn't expecting to get the right one. Then I kinda was distracted by unimportant things - work and such.

The Truth?

Got it right, Beorn!

I'll go way offside and guess Pyramids

It's not that far out of the box--I can see your logic...but no.

Thinking along the same lines Night Watch?

Jingo?

Edit:
No, I meant the last continent. Don't ask me how I got them confused!

Two more down...

Hogfather?

Incorrect!

Men at Arms?

Maskerade?

Neither are correct...

Wyrd Sisters?

Non.

Back to basics then ... The Colour of Magic?

Way, way off.
The quote is part of a footnote...

Lords and Ladies?

Nope.

It also is one of the later books...

Unseen Academicals?

Close, but no!

Snuff?

Still incorrect. But still so close.

Making Money?

Going by the recent books I shall wear midnight?

#78 Guido, that was going to be my next guess. :)

Got it, Ozcat! Making Money it is.

Try this one ...

Vimes wasn't keen on games because they led to crowds,and crowds led to work for coppers.

Unseen Academicals?

Jingo?
If that's correct, someone else can take my turn.

No and no.

Thud?

No - not Thud

Snuff?

Men at Arms?

edrandrew has it.

If you knew their dreams, you could handle people.

The truth?

Going Postal?

Neither of those.

Witches Abroad?

Nor that.

Maskerade?

Or that.

making money?

Or that either.

Thud?

Or Moving Pictures?

Nor those. This was the thoughts of a consummate on artist who was neither Moist con Lipwig nor CMOT Dibbler.

Hogfather?

In that case it is probably Lord Vetinari but I couldn't guess which book.

Guards! Guards!

No - and I realise I'd a typo that should have been a CON artist.

The geni in Sourcery?

I'll extend the quote...

"The cat grinned to himself. If you knew their dreams, you could handle people."

It's not The Unadulterated Cat is it?

The Amazing Maurice?

It is indeed The Amazing Maurice. Over to you ronincats.

"It is well known that any drive to reduce paperwork only results in extra paperwork."

Was that when Fred Colon took over command of the Watch in The Fifth Elephant? He certainly sorted out a lot of paperwork in a hurry.

Sorry, that's not it!

A guess - Going Postal?

No, not that either!

I have a feeling it's the Unseen University's admin we have here - I'll try The Last Continent.

Not even close, Ed.

Are we talking infernal paperwork? Eric?

No, we are not talking infernal paperwork.

Mort?

:-(

Men at Arms?

If pinkozcat didn't guess it, how about a hint? That emoticon of yours is just too sad to watch, ronincats.

ronincats - where are you?? We need a hint.

Let me say that with the last guess we are finally in the correct strand of Discworld. But it isn't Men at Arms.

I'll try Feet of Clay then.

Sorry, not that one!

Guards! Guards!?

Nor that one.

Snuff?

Night Watch?

Guido has it! Vimes is actually thinking positively of the paperwork as an alternative to going on vacation.

CMOT BRIGGS....Book readings. After Dinner Speaches. Jobbing Thespian.

Moving Pictures?

No.

No idea but it has to be a different country to explain the change of name so I will guess The Last Continent

Sorry, Pinko. I think I might have to give several hints for this one.

1) Not one of the 40. Well as soon as I get that 'steam' one, it will be 40 :-)

Hi all, may I guess Dodger?

Welcome to LT @Heatherfleur, and I/we are pleased you started (or so I presume) with our Discworld group. But alas no.

ETA. 2) Think descriptions of the canon.

Feeling quite pleased that I noticed the surname. The Discworld Companion?

In the right type of book, but no Joanna, I even had to check the Companion and the new companion, Dibblers nephew is mentioned, but Not CMOT Briggs.

3) Think even more obscure, like, say, mappes.

PS. Feel free to look through my library of 65? (with more on the way) books :-)

Guido, I never know how literally to take your seemingly throwaway comments, so I'll risk a blinding flash of the obvious and say ... The Discworld Mapp?

Joanna, my throwaway comments are 'only' meant to mislead. I have several other maps and it is in none of those. I will consider that to be clue 4)

Ahhh, I see now I should be adding this touchstone thingy, so is it Discworld: The Streets of Ankh-Morpork?

It isn't one of the maps.

Ooops sorry, didn't read above comment properly. I just perused your library and there's not much left to guess is there. I just hope the name is not a misdirect... So I'm going to say Nanny Ogg's Cookbook?

On another thread in this group, or perhaps another one frequented by DW Nut, err. Fan, I mentioned I will get a lot more of this stuff. No, Not Nanny O's
esteemed cook book.

How about The Discworld Almanak - not one I've got or read, but it sound the sort of thing that would have small ads.

Yeah! @edrandrew I looked through all the other members who owned that book and didn't notice any of the usual regulars.



I promise if I ever win again, I'll try and be even more obscure :-)

Don't do that. You have already lost me; I haven't a clue and am not even bothering to try any more.

Apologies for the xxxxx, but it would make it a bit of a give away.

'I don't think I'm one of them, either', said xxxxx. 'i'm one of mine.'

Sorry 'pinko' if I have offended you. I guess there is a fine line between being obvious and being really obscure/arcane. On this group I am not really sure where I should draw the line.

Guido.

I want to say Thief of Time?

Not there.

Equal Rites?

Or there.

Would this be Carrot in Guards! Guards!?

Sounds about right, but isn't.

Is it the Omnian preacher, in Carpe Jugulum?

It sounds to me like Mort although I am not sure who the speaker was - it could have been any one of three people.

Beorn-se-Bacaire is the closest so far (ie not Mort either).

If Om is involved, Small Gods?

All your's ronincats.

"They'd never stopped, or even thought of stopping. You couldn't stop Tradition. You could only add to it."

Would that be in regard to the Ceremony of the Archchancellor's Keys in The Last Continent?

But of course, Jim, it would be!

Oh! I really wasn't expecting that. I'm at work, but I just to happen to have a DW novel with me, so…

'I commend my soul to any god that can find it.'

Men at Arms? I'm thinking it's the Patrician.

While many would argue that Lord Vetinari's soul might be difficult to locate, although probably not to his face, that is neither the book nor the soul we seek.

Travelling! Home in an hour or so.

Moist, just before he is hanged? Going Postal?

Indeed it is! He also says it again as he is deluged in the mailvalanche.

Hooray!

Hostage negotiations were always tricky, Carrot had learned. It paid not to rush things. Let the other man talk when he was ready.

Feet of Clay?

No, not Feet of Clay.

The Fifth Elephant?

Still no.

Men at Arms?

And no again ... time for a hint?

Ok, a hint from a little further down the page:

'We've got them down for everything but the Hide Park Flasher---'

Unseen Academicals?

Still no ...

Night Watch?

No again ... but on the bright side, there aren't that many Watch books left to go through ... ;-)

Thud? Really just guessing here

Guards! Guards! Also just guessing.

I think we are down to Jingo and Snuff if neither of the above guesses are correct. I'll guess Snuff.

Would you believe it isn’t Thud, Guards! Guards! or Snuff?
Which can only mean …

50-50 chance and I got it wrong! That's what it means...

so let me make a WILD guess that it is Jingo.

Hurrah! Roni has it!

Great! But I'm on my way out the door to a craft fair (my first as a seller) for the next two days. Would someone else please take my turn? Thanks!

Well, I'll take a turn, since my guessing is getting me nowhere.

"Down in the stacks the very denim, or possibly flanellette, of the universe was tortured into very peculiar shapes."

Sourcery? I'm thinking it is about The Library.

Roni: Good luck with the sales!

No to Sourcery, but yes to the Library.

Hmmm. I know the quote, I really do...but for the life of me can't remember which book it's in.

The Last Continent?

Unfortunately, I have to say 'no' again.

Could it be Guards! Guards!?

No luck yet. To be fair, similar quotes can be found in several books. Maybe a hint would be in order, if not now, then soon.

Esk and Granny? Equal Rites?

Nicely done, joannesephine! Take it away!

How about strating a new thread, with a brand new quote? There are quite many posts on this already.

Agreed! Follow me to the shiny new thread here!