A Pratchett Quote Game: thread #24
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2espadrile
Thanks guys! This is a really cool game.
Okay, this one shouldn't be too hard.
"'What's a twofour?' 'A two and a two and a two and a two.'"
Okay, this one shouldn't be too hard.
"'What's a twofour?' 'A two and a two and a two and a two.'"
6espadrile
Men at Arms it is. Exactly right. Your turn!
7pwaites
"It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of."
8Beorn_se_Bacaire
I'll start out with Monstrous Regiment...
9pinkozcat
I'll try for Interesting Times.
16OLLEH
Ok! so here it goes...
'' 'No,' said the shopkeeper, 'not really. I always say that home is where you hang your hat' ''
'' 'No,' said the shopkeeper, 'not really. I always say that home is where you hang your hat' ''
20anatwork.k
I can't really place it. Perhaps Soul Music?
22joannasephine
Are we talking about one of the mysterious travelling shops? Soul Music?
23espadrile
The Light Fantastic, perhaps?
26espadrile
Yay!
"Logic would have told him that interfering with the process a second time around would only make things worse."
"Logic would have told him that interfering with the process a second time around would only make things worse."
31pinkozcat
Ah! I am sort of reading Mort at the moment.
Vimes wasn't keen on games because they led to crowds, and crowds led to work for coppers.
Go for it ...
Vimes wasn't keen on games because they led to crowds, and crowds led to work for coppers.
Go for it ...
37Beorn_se_Bacaire
Jingo?
I seem to recall Carrot leading a variety of football in it...
I seem to recall Carrot leading a variety of football in it...
39pinkozcat
To turn the book titles into links you put the title into square brackets.
For authors you use a double square bracket at each end of the name.
They are called 'touchstones'
For authors you use a double square bracket at each end of the name.
They are called 'touchstones'
40OLLEH
The Fifth Elephant? I used 'touchstones'!!
41pinkozcat
LOL - but not The Fifth Elephant
44pinkozcat
Yep - it comes from Snuff and the game being discussed os Crockett. Over to you, ronincats.
45ronincats
Whee, it's been a while since one of my wild-ass educated guesses was correct!
Farmers liked big wives. Farmwork was hard, and there was no call for a wife who couldn't carry a couple of piglets or a bale of hay. But these two could have carried a horse each.
Farmers liked big wives. Farmwork was hard, and there was no call for a wife who couldn't carry a couple of piglets or a bale of hay. But these two could have carried a horse each.
46espadrile
That sounds like a witch book, but I don't think I've seen it before, so I'll guess I Shall Wear Midnight?
47pinkozcat
I've read it somewhere fairly recently. I think that it might be Interesting Times.
53pinkozcat
Now I am really guessing. Small Gods?
54anatwork.k
Monstrous Regiment is my guess!
56espadrile
I'm guessin another Tiffany Aching. It reminds me of the bees in Wee Free Men.
60espadrile
I knew it was a witch book! I think we will follow that with . . .
"'If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.'"
"'If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.'"
62Beorn_se_Bacaire
It rings a bell...but I have no idea where. It could be any one of the myriad of the Disc's cynical characters.
Men at Arms?
Men at Arms?
63guido47
It does sound like Granny W, in one of the early books, so I'll go for
wyrd sisters
The only reason I chipped in at all was because I expect to get "the science of diskworld 4" in the next few days, here in Australia.
wyrd sisters
The only reason I chipped in at all was because I expect to get "the science of diskworld 4" in the next few days, here in Australia.
64pinkozcat
#63 Guido, have you read A Blink of the Screen?
It is Terry Pratchett's early published works, starting when he was 13 years old. The idea for The Long Earth is in there. It was published last year. I have a hardback copy of it.
It is Terry Pratchett's early published works, starting when he was 13 years old. The idea for The Long Earth is in there. It was published last year. I have a hardback copy of it.
65guido47
Hi Pinko,
Yep I own it, but haven't read that many stories yet.
I do though 'feel' that I have read some of them, somewhere else before.
Well that's an interesting thought. Where can I find a COMPLETE and I do mean complete list of all of Terrys works. And I do mean the maps and "nanny
Oggs cookbook" (which I still don't own) and the "world of poo" which I do do :-)
and I wonder which others, other than the 39 and his early stuff I should get to make me a "complete" completist nut?
Yep I own it, but haven't read that many stories yet.
I do though 'feel' that I have read some of them, somewhere else before.
Well that's an interesting thought. Where can I find a COMPLETE and I do mean complete list of all of Terrys works. And I do mean the maps and "nanny
Oggs cookbook" (which I still don't own) and the "world of poo" which I do do :-)
and I wonder which others, other than the 39 and his early stuff I should get to make me a "complete" completist nut?
66pinkozcat
his official web page would be the best place to look but I doubt if his very early stuff would be listed
74anatwork.k
Are we still doing one clue per day if no one has guessed it?
78pinkozcat
Here goes then ...
'Interesting, isn't it?' said Sweeper. 'But is it not written: "There's a lot goes on we don't get told"?
'Interesting, isn't it?' said Sweeper. 'But is it not written: "There's a lot goes on we don't get told"?
81Beorn_se_Bacaire
What!?
Hmm--I'll wait for somebody else to have a go before I take another turn.
Hmm--I'll wait for somebody else to have a go before I take another turn.
83guido47
Hi #81, I guess the rules allow you to have another turn after my interruption.
I have no idea, so will guess thud! but that's not the reason I posted...
Just got The science of Discworld IV
Only 14 on LT at the moment.
If by some weird fluke I guess right, well, you know where my quote will NOT BE COMING FROM.
PS. I am not really DEATH, sorry if I frightened any children/members. I JUST like the voice.
I have no idea, so will guess thud! but that's not the reason I posted...
Just got The science of Discworld IV
Only 14 on LT at the moment.
If by some weird fluke I guess right, well, you know where my quote will NOT BE COMING FROM.
PS. I am not really DEATH, sorry if I frightened any children/members. I JUST like the voice.
87pinkozcat
Correct; it is Night Watch. All yours, Beorn
88Beorn_se_Bacaire
"You fear he will press his suit?"
91Beorn_se_Bacaire
Correct--over to you ArmyAngel.
It was at hand, lol.
It was at hand, lol.
93pinkozcat
The trouble is that people are too polite to just grab the chance - except me.
Here is a really easy one to get things going again:
'Yes, well ... but she's qualified, ain't she?'
Here is a really easy one to get things going again:
'Yes, well ... but she's qualified, ain't she?'
94guido47
Oh common Pinko, that could be almost any Granny W quote re. Margaret (?)
NOT my default guess (what sort of person would have a default guess, I mean...)
witches abroad
NOT my default guess (what sort of person would have a default guess, I mean...)
witches abroad
95joannasephine
Pretty sure it's Nanny, talking to Ridcully about why Granny can tame the unicorn in Lords and Ladies.
97pinkozcat
Yes it was Nanny talking about Granny's control over the unicorn. She goes on to say that it is nothing to do with witching.
joanna has it - Lords and Ladies is correct
joanna has it - Lords and Ladies is correct
98joannasephine
ArmyAngel, do you want this one? Failing that, Guido can take my turn.
103espadrile
Sounds like a monster. Perhaps The Hogfather?
119joannasephine
It's Tiffany, talking about Jenny Thingummy, the monster, isn't it? Wee Free Men?
120anatwork.k
119: I thought it was exactly that! But, apparently not. lol
121espadrile
Long shot: Moving Pictures?
122AngelaB86
Anatwork has it! It's Anghammarad discussing messenger service troubles thousands of years past.
123anatwork.k
Yay, finally! Try this one:
in my tribe we we're traditionally named after the first thing the mother sees when she looks out of the teepee after the birth...
in my tribe we we're traditionally named after the first thing the mother sees when she looks out of the teepee after the birth...
124Beorn_se_Bacaire
Interesting Times?
I seem to know that line, or something similar...
I seem to know that line, or something similar...
125anatwork.k
Nope
128pwaites
I'm sure that this refers to One Man Bucket, but I can't remember the book. Going Postal?
129espadrile
I know that one! It had something to do with a dog . . . I'd guess Moving Pictures, but since pink's got that, my second guess is The Last Continent.
130joannasephine
Pretty sure Nahkis is right. Ana?
131anatwork.k
Yup, Nahkis got it. It is referring to One Man Bucket and it is in Reaper Man. Over to you.
132Nahkis
Oh, nice, got one! Sorry about the delay, here's the new one:
"A ____ farmer needed a wife who'd think nothing of beating a wolf to death with her apron when she went out to get some firewood."
(The blank space is there just to spice things up.)
"A ____ farmer needed a wife who'd think nothing of beating a wolf to death with her apron when she went out to get some firewood."
(The blank space is there just to spice things up.)
133anatwork.k
I will guess A Hat Full of Sky.
134Beorn_se_Bacaire
I'll go back a bit farther, and try The Wee Free Men.
135pinkozcat
I'll follow the theme and go for I Shall Wear Midnight
136espadrile
I'm going to guess Equal Rites. I'm pretty sure Esk had an internal monologue about wolves towards the beginning of that.
137joannasephine
Or a reference to Agnes being several figures of Lancre womanhood? Maskerade?
139joannasephine
Hooray!
Necessarily Extended Duration To ___! Regrettable Decease Without Undue Suffering To The Forces Of Oppression!
(That’s your clue, not a general call to arms.)
Necessarily Extended Duration To ___! Regrettable Decease Without Undue Suffering To The Forces Of Oppression!
(That’s your clue, not a general call to arms.)
140anatwork.k
Interesting Times for the politest revolutionary slogans?
141espadrile
There's no way that's not Interesting Times, so I'm not even going to guess.
143joannasephine
Every now and then I like to throw in an easy one. Yours Ana!
144anatwork.k
Okay yay! Lets do a classic (concept, that is):
It's all a sort of relativity. The faster you live, the more time stretches out.
It's all a sort of relativity. The faster you live, the more time stretches out.
145pinkozcat
I'll try Witches Abroad because I really haven't a clue
146espadrile
I'm going to go with the obvious guess: Thief of Time. Although it's so obvious, it's probably wrong. : P
147anatwork.k
Lol, nope and nope.
It is actually something he has explored in a couple of books. If no one gets it soon I'll post a clue!
It is actually something he has explored in a couple of books. If no one gets it soon I'll post a clue!
148Beorn_se_Bacaire
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents? It could have to do with mice, or Nac mac Feegle...
149pinkozcat
I'll try Wyrd Sisters where the witches stretched time
150anatwork.k
No again. Okay, another line from the previous paragraph:
To a mayfly, a single hour may last as long as a century. Perhaps old mayflies sit around complaining about how life this minute isn't a patch on the good old minutes of long ago, when the world was young and the sun seemed so much brighter and larvae showed you a bit of respect.
To a mayfly, a single hour may last as long as a century. Perhaps old mayflies sit around complaining about how life this minute isn't a patch on the good old minutes of long ago, when the world was young and the sun seemed so much brighter and larvae showed you a bit of respect.
154anatwork.k
No, no and no. Keep going guys!
157anatwork.k
No and no again.
Okay, think of species that live faster than the human average and just have shorter lifespans...
Okay, think of species that live faster than the human average and just have shorter lifespans...
159anatwork.k
Nope.
160anatwork.k
Time for another hint? It's a kids book... :)
163Nahkis
pinkozcat, check post 148. Not sure how the rules went, but might think you'd be allowed to change your guess.
164pinkozcat
Thanks, Nahkis. I didn't see that post. I'll opt out of this one; I really have no idea.
166anatwork.k
Nope but so far Guido is the closest!
168anatwork.k
You got it espadrile! Take it away.
The lines come from the very first pages of Truckers and there is a similar exposition about mayflies in Reaper Man since PTerry wrote both around the same time.
The lines come from the very first pages of Truckers and there is a similar exposition about mayflies in Reaper Man since PTerry wrote both around the same time.
169espadrile
I knew there was a death book like that. That's cool to know.
"History was full of good men who followed bad orders in the hopes that they could soften the blow."
"History was full of good men who followed bad orders in the hopes that they could soften the blow."
175anatwork.k
Jingo?
179anatwork.k
Yay! But I just took two turns so Ronincats can have my turn!
180ronincats
Oops, me?
“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
185anatwork.k
Jingo? Again?
188anatwork.k
I've read Jingo too many times and that's one of my favourite lines!
Let us go with:
'How many times have you thrown a magic ring into the deepest depths of the ocean and then, when you got home and have a nice bit of turbot for your tea, there it is!'
Let us go with:
'How many times have you thrown a magic ring into the deepest depths of the ocean and then, when you got home and have a nice bit of turbot for your tea, there it is!'
190joannasephine
Pretty sure it's Nanny, and the next bit is Granny saying something along the lines of "Never, and neither have you." But which book? Witches Abroad?
191anatwork.k
No and no! Points to Joanna for picking out the talkers!
193anatwork.k
Lol, over to you Minnie.
194pinkozcat
Ah - I was intending to start from the beginning and work my way through the witch books. This one should be easy ...
Then he pushed him into a corner and, to faint stunned protestations, dragged the mail shirt over his head.
Then he pushed him into a corner and, to faint stunned protestations, dragged the mail shirt over his head.
197espadrile
That's one of my most favorite. And now for my other:
"Hundreds of generations of living in a highly charged magical environment had raised the intelligence level of what had been bright creatures to begin with."
"Hundreds of generations of living in a highly charged magical environment had raised the intelligence level of what had been bright creatures to begin with."
200anatwork.k
This is the ravens near unseen university. Not sure which book... Interesting Times?
205anatwork.k
Moving Pictures?
208joannasephine
Is this a reference to Quoth? Mort?
209anatwork.k
I feel like its the ravens with Gaspode. I know they came off as quite irritating too. So lets try The Fifth Elephant. :)
211espadrile
Night Watch! Carcer. And the guard is Buggy Swires. Your turn, Angel!
212AngelaB86
Weeeeee!
"Probably the roof leaks. You can't trust tiles. A good reed thatch'll give you forty years bone dry."
"Probably the roof leaks. You can't trust tiles. A good reed thatch'll give you forty years bone dry."
213guido47
Sounds like a witch. But who?
Lords and Ladies?
Lords and Ladies?
215anatwork.k
Maskerade?
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