2026-03-11T16:55:29Z https://yabu.me Terrybot :pratchett: https://yabu.me/npub1ctpt94ewlwn4ljgu0au9m27mswhks0lddnpzzstsd8wl62zqts0q9tkccm https://cdn.masto.host/frikiversezone/accounts/avatars/109/497/162/942/354/859/original/03a0b34cc8c6e322.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/frikiversezone/accounts/avatars/109/497/162/942/354/859/original/03a0b34cc8c6e322.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsphefzf7dygtfpl39zn75g9tu4admgmp70zhgt4e6gdhe6732lvnqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuqv5ja4 Chain-mail isn&#39;t much defence against an arrow. It certainly isn&#39;t when the arrow is being aimed between your eyes.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2026-02-06T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszmvaws3zkgf58zhcgpxa59pndmn6hxq0k64h2vkgnfcng7p0q7xszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpupakxxw &#34;Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage.&#34;<br/><br/>Gaspode, of course<br/>Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2026-02-05T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp07t5jyjn0l0gz9lu8d288tyaya2jqd8486myhatfwm8rtrwknjgzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpujerv0a Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett &amp; Neil Gaiman, Good Omens<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2026-01-24T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2czsp2dtjd253g52z8eqhqkzs372sywt967nf77u7gesq0sw993gzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpueydjas I save about twenty drafts -- that&#39;s ten meg of disc space -- and the last one contains all the final alterations. Once it has been printed out and received by the publishers, there&#39;s a cry here of &#39;Tough shit, literary researchers of the future, try getting a proper job!&#39; and the rest are wiped.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2026-01-09T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvur0d202hrl5494tyh54nss0y26fqvq908na53eq4wvzwlqh8y3qzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu7kngxh The only way housework could be done in this place was with a shovel or, for preference, a match.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-11-27T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gj4u293v920hm6dcfzf7rcx2u95y4khrwp0dps6rl65m56pwkxczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuk349ph Mrs. Nugent was the Johnson&#39;s next door neighbour, and known to be unreasonable on subjects like Madonna played at full volume at 3 a.m.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-11-05T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwx4rz3zhv9ysqnkrvklfpu04mdunfa5u26g9zzdq3pvsn6fneugzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu9k36k9 It&#39;s an old magical principle -- it&#39;s even filtered down into RPG systems<br/>-- that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be &#39;stored&#39; -- in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-11-01T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstd0c7kj5kyphkwavwuew3fgkeqa734563lx200s4xhppe62fklaszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu6yatl4 And the child had a permanently runny nose and ought to be provided with a handkerchief or, failing that, a cork.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-10-17T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80h3q4wh7t85szq77zu3yh8edw6f7vd0wvrx2wqdpfkz9x7kk23czyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu4uky2q The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Small Gods<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-10-07T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgtydcz6elyq9z0y50qqkrc7l5csca467h6k5un29lwxphw2mhgpszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpueyllpe And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-09-19T03:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxmkl0895kjthqtzu67alfmy76dc3fced4fkn8u6ut30rhwnhwnqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuyyg3zr &#34;Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage.&#34;<br/><br/>Gaspode, of course<br/>Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-08-22T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmhkhf272v8wup0905hzdadkvhvaprv2st2gagl24dell2yru9kqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpul5e8nz The question seldom addressed is *where* Medusa had snakes. Underarm hair is an even more embarassing problem when it keeps biting the top of the deodorant bottle.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Soul Music<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-08-06T03:00:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgcshdup7xl9rfq8j60vuxtjwvdfsdddlkeee8m5j7dqxhnlum5mgzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuyjqfnn A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-08-01T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszl088yurquzcewygae0vy444t4d3ljcxtp2vdm93xrz22vjpm2gqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuhtvvmg In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.<br/><br/>Schrodinger&#39;s Moggy explained<br/>Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-07-26T03:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2xqdlhqu0srqxf8df64alxqfqzmrq0dwvww6jnsqt2asjscsehzczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuk0ccwt &#34;You can&#39;t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it&#39;s just a cage.&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-07-16T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2cekh32wj9nqevmw3f0urpkg9dnkk8escst2z5fuh7ucujkxpcqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuqupe53 All dwarfs are by nature dutiful, serious, literate, obedient and thoughtful people whose only minor failing is a tendency, after one drink, to rush at enemies screaming &#34;Arrrrrrgh!&#34; and axing their legs off at the knee.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-07-06T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0n6k83fkddeffq28nrn8tm7kcx77fugp647g428w2svky7lmd8szyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpupzjj9j Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this new &#39;fire&#39; stuff on the environment, you&#39;re being chased and eaten by most of the planet&#39;s large animals, and suddenly tiny versions of one of the worst of them wanders into the cave and starts to purr.<br/><br/>Why humans like cats<br/>Terry Pratchett, The Unadulterated Cat<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-06-20T03:00:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6vckprf9498nvpz6vfku668jr4p5nrveur5plvljpdwplwl6x7qzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu9kkg3q I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said &#34;You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm&#34;. At the time this was the last thing on my mind...<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-06-19T03:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst5yh3503plegteluha5maw627p7lddq3wne6jvcn0mja9c4h2atgzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpucfly35 &#34;Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! *We willna be fooled again!*&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-06-13T03:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpz2uxthjj3uam9fjr0r88ltyw2mguvdh6lkw3fcgg9kws5f57kqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuk59adh I didn&#39;t go to university. Didn&#39;t even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-06-05T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsya0pkq8ehkf49rzryq5pv59t80mklghaj7dhenkxamxeyntkqcqgzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu0ng57z &#34;Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.&#34;<br/><br/>Bursar 1 - Hex 0<br/>Terry Pratchett, Hogfather<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-06-01T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2q5m25r675zwvxxhm845c4v2mdcwqhg3m0ufpjz3vealk0mjhvqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuxnugzg When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow&#39;s-point- of-view is seldom necessary.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Small Gods<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-05-19T03:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg949879nv9j4ahq9hxz6lp3t499e0f4cns3fu920mmyz2afxug7czyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpul7s083 Although the scythe isn&#39;t pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants&#39; revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Mort<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-04-10T03:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx4t3sfvl970up6eltmz6643z6m5ke9tsdfcc9yrtej7ywt5502wczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu3rkpjd The trouble is that things *never* get better, they just stay the same, only more so.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Eric<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-02-23T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq3ysclmgajkncry9ymhp2pxlypywvurzq4hkqjyhwk8jl6hkae5szyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuhllef2 He was always at a loss when people acted like this. When machines went funny you just oiled them or prodded them or, if nothing else worked, hit them with a hammer. Nomes didn&#39;t respond well to this treatment.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Diggers<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-02-22T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5jgftlxrf8j266zmd4lmlz4yl8d3x4gvq62ltv6w4m903xnmu0qzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuq3u33c Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without ever touching lips.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-02-18T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyfdxwpwst8nmln3pg78ualhc7mjhg0fmyn9pfqcylt3t0qp3cwcqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpun8djzp I always call it &#39;Tour Flu&#39;, because two or three weeks in hot bookshops with hundreds of people usually produces an ailment of some kind. Going on tour is like a box of rare diseases -- you never know what you&#39;re going to get.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-02-05T05:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3p90dnt67h4kgc3egg7pmaul3fzfemznfyyk04jff0z6dlyc94szyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuzx5lle On the fabled hidden continent of Xxxx, somewhere near the rim, there is a lost colony of wizards who wear corks around their pointy hats and live on nothing but prawns.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-01-19T05:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwnshjn3qzvm48vwy9ncvxl4fxunzcxas7nkw3gastgjgzm8qc5gzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpupjj7vm &#34;Walk a mile on these paws and call me a liar.&#34;<br/><br/>Gaspode the wonder dog<br/>Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2025-01-03T05:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ccvj9sqsurls5s8xe2yh9t83q6ezcj83c502nq9qqlzxe2qzykszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu5ydrqf Cuddy had only been a guard for a few days, but already he had absorbed one important and basic fact: it is almost impossible for anyone to be in a street without breaking the law.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-12-22T05:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsda4ul0x0qwj3l7de4du9l6wvjqn92ukm6zgs985kawqstwhtx59qzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpud0tmru Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-12-21T05:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22cmnvg8psp2ytd0thtgncecetlukyws9wt0k0g803c8ucdt2n3czyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuv5ekl7 - &#34;It looks worse than you can imagine!&#34;<br/>- &#34;I can imagine some pretty bad things!&#34;<br/>- &#34;That&#39;s why I said *worse*!&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-12-15T05:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxzkfzaucds84edc5m60t326mjhhxxlegwxy93t2mdyek33zs6hxczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpup2gmt3 It&#39;s an old magical principle -- it&#39;s even filtered down into RPG systems<br/>-- that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be &#39;stored&#39; -- in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-11-24T05:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszgu728jcct4slm07shlmtg4686q0stu7rvd9sza28y47kqycwtngzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuckmdca Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this new &#39;fire&#39; stuff on the environment, you&#39;re being chased and eaten by most of the planet&#39;s large animals, and suddenly tiny versions of one of the worst of them wanders into the cave and starts to purr.<br/><br/>Why humans like cats<br/>Terry Pratchett, The Unadulterated Cat<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-11-20T05:00:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrq8nvc4jlkqsp94gkpu7cerexyaqmr28ycfdm27mkqvlr8xld7kqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuwre8w8 &#34;There must be a hundred silver dollars in here,&#34; moaned Boggis, waving a purse. &#34;I mean, that&#39;s not my league. That&#39;s not my class. I can&#39;t handle that sort of money. You&#39;ve got to be in the Guild of Lawyers or something to steal that much.&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-11-06T05:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgv9pywcyynw27g6ay6k7xmkw4hdmdcuhwlcee58xxytwe3sejldszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu7rfdh3 The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Diggers<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-11-05T05:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgedt76emxjz4wpt9jeevl299hr3hh6g0hna9prphh42drqdng3hczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu55kwsn Of course, Ankh-Morpork&#39;s citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Sourcery<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-10-22T04:00:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0h626ymxxmzquxw4kssd38m906jxxzqmj63kqamfdn9q3zqmvdkgzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuc4xfdm Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it&#39;s the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it&#39;s just that a city with a million inhabitants and no sewers is rather robust for poets, who prefer daffodils and no wonder.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Mort<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-10-19T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjz86f4wyagctmt7kxhqsd0ll44ljydxan0wh3w6rzw4a4w3ze2szyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpukqrfen - &#34;It could be a torture chamber or a dungeon or a hideous pit or anything!&#34;<br/>- &#34;It&#39;s just a student&#39;s bedroom, sergeant.&#34;<br/>- &#34;You see?&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-10-17T04:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzl5xjmq4ptp9q92t3gjkwejr76skd0vug0kea5d4kvms3tws3lqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuay9fc2 Thud. Thud. Thud. Splat.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett &amp; Neil Gaiman, Good Omens<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-10-13T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4099qknzk2ghy0g6295lm468n352mjdm9qu7rkse6dm7hpvhc0szyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpufyr7qa He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no one knew where he kept it.<br/><br/>The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs<br/>Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-09-29T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8paaxexz46fp7rjth830u8r0wj8wqq9jzktk9qux0dynsruuefpczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpumfugec Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant &#34;idiot&#34;.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-09-23T04:00:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdg0lrpytd9mlkl3jaz0rkpmta48a6j33uhrv7wt7hzk2lzqhc6qzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuv7f85u I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-09-17T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hp3f6vszwsa8na79q0ea7pv6450g49pp8dm0kqrm4qfc6exyz7szyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpudltd8c The Archchancellor&#39;s most important job, as the Bursar saw it, was to sign things, preferably, from the Bursar&#39;s point of view, without reading them first.<br/><br/>Middle management explained<br/>Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-09-14T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5ewf7gfhw59znqka4qm09u6xncnwfqcppm5j4lex6ylvrdz386qzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpufw5fv4 And then you bit onto them, and learned once again that Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler could find a use for bits of an animal that the animal didn&#39;t know it had got. Dibbler had worked out that with enough fried onions and mustard people would eat *anything*.<br/><br/>A fact McDonalds knows about as well<br/>Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-09-05T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyafzt2a7cj2hn8lcrq6kjgpmh6485tk83wjn5h2n3m69n7wv84wszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu5z6a00 By and large, the only skill the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork had discovered so far was the ability to turn gold into less gold.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-09-02T04:00:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7e30fswaq2kv4ud0jgkn6wl2ge9f3af28gmptkle3ceja2ee8uczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuy0709a &#34;It&#39;s going to look pretty good, then, isn&#39;t it,&#34; said War testily, &#34;the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse.&#34;<br/><br/>The Four Horsemen of the Apocralypse encounterunexpected difficulties<br/>Terry Pratchett, Sourcery<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-30T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkxqfn4cchu8zy9ye87jtutx47lj2vk424k77hfwnfw3hsk9p4mczyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpukea8yy Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent protection.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Small Gods<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-25T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx2nqag8tqmwch9jmnnh6gvcfzqnzjwh3dz3qw3v58mg9fhqvughszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuxpx4vf &#34;Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it&#39;s all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place.&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Small Gods<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-19T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwf58xq897dzxx6da7u0kawmtk6suaw4hypkp2wuu4jn6sl7hq5czyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu7vgmmj &#34;You&#39;re not one of us.&#34;<br/>&#34;I don&#39;t think I&#39;m one of them, either,&#34; said Brutha. &#34;I&#39;m one of mine.&#34;<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Small Gods<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-18T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxu90x9uaxhs3xsgkcvnftum82ce6p3gvaz3z880dggfwu52mwd5gzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpurl0cqw Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, Small Gods<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-17T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2q2w04asvvvd7fxwaz3pe7tg7zpmscdll46rrp9t45g8vma227zqzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpuqhpf90 I&#39;ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there&#39;s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-15T04:00:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsph4t3z3pwfuk6xll2ahc4rnc30we0mvwqswsjq7zrn3e7kdcl66gzyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpue3mwkr PEOPLE&#39;S WHOLE LIVES *DO* PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED &#39;LIVING&#39;.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-06T04:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs867gjmdslyuhsqn9tr2hdhs6hqlqp58249kv848j7tpfyq3d7njszyrpv9vkh9ma6wh7fr3lhshdtmwp676pla4kvyg2pwp5amlfggpwpu4pq0ye Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.<br/><br/>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett<br/><br/>#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld 2024-08-04T04:00:09Z