A Quote Game: thread #16

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A Quote Game: thread #16

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1anatwork.k
Abr 4, 2012, 6:21 pm

New thread!

The Patrician leaned back in an attitude that suggested attentive listening.

2AnnieMod
Abr 4, 2012, 6:43 pm

Soul Music maybe.

3pinkozcat
Abr 4, 2012, 7:24 pm

Sourcery perhaps

4anatwork.k
Abr 4, 2012, 7:26 pm

Argh, didn't even last an hour. AnnieMod got it. :)

5pwaites
Abr 4, 2012, 7:57 pm

Nice to get a new thread going. ;)

6AnnieMod
Abr 4, 2012, 8:01 pm

I will make a random educated guess and will get it. Argh. Next:

"There were three types of beer. There were even smoked rat sandwiches with the crusts and tails cut off. And there was a bowl of finest anthracite coke with ash on it."

7anatwork.k
Abr 4, 2012, 11:02 pm

#5 ;) it's my first. I was so excited!

My guess Thud

8AnnieMod
Abr 4, 2012, 11:21 pm

Nope.

9edrandrew
Abr 5, 2012, 2:06 am

Soul Music?

10AnnieMod
Abr 5, 2012, 2:07 am

Yep.

11edrandrew
Abr 6, 2012, 4:30 am

It wasn't one of your modern wardrobes, fit only for nervous adulterers to jump into when the husband returned home early, but an ancient oak affair, dark as night, in whose dusty depths coat-hangers lurked and bred.

12pinkozcat
Abr 6, 2012, 6:16 am

Hogfather?

The quote rings a bell in my memory but I can't remember which book. Grrrr ...

13justjim
Abr 6, 2012, 6:40 am

There is a scary wardrobe in Hogfather, but I think this one is in Rincewind's room in UU. The Luggage has made its home on top of it in Sourcery.

14edrandrew
Abr 6, 2012, 7:21 am

You have the baton justjim.

15justjim
Abr 6, 2012, 8:28 am

Well if you put it like that, you force me to use this particular quote...

Remember, every lance-constable has a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack.

16pwaites
Abr 6, 2012, 9:52 am

Men at Arms? This must be watch.

17pinkozcat
Abr 6, 2012, 9:57 am

I'll go for Night Watch

18justjim
Abr 6, 2012, 10:49 am

It's the earlier of the two. Alas, poor Cuddy.

Yer up, pwaites.

19pwaites
Abr 7, 2012, 3:31 pm

"The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking."

20anatwork.k
Abr 7, 2012, 4:32 pm

Ooo I know this. Just not which book.

Men at Arms?

21pinkozcat
Abr 7, 2012, 7:51 pm

I'll go for the obvious since I haven't a clue ...

Thief of Time

22edrandrew
Abr 8, 2012, 1:09 am

23MrsLee
Abr 8, 2012, 5:25 am

Just a guess out of left field, Good Omens?

24pwaites
Abr 8, 2012, 3:49 pm

Nope. Here's a hint - it is Discworld.

25ronincats
Abr 8, 2012, 4:43 pm

26AnnieMod
Abr 8, 2012, 5:29 pm

27anatwork.k
Abr 8, 2012, 5:32 pm

Although I am sure Annie is correct, I will try Jingo.

28pwaites
Abr 9, 2012, 5:33 pm

Lords and Ladies it is! Over to you, AnnieMod.

29AnnieMod
Abr 10, 2012, 4:05 pm

Sorry everyone -- traveling this week and my internet is spotty. Can someone take over please?

30anatwork.k
Abr 10, 2012, 7:57 pm

I'll jump in. Here it is:

Ankh-Morpork, largest city in the lands around the Circle Sea, slept.

31pinkozcat
Abr 11, 2012, 1:41 am

I thought that Ankh-Morpork never slept so I will go for one of the early books:

The Colour of Magic?

32anatwork.k
Abr 11, 2012, 2:23 am

No. :)

Yeah the line is followed up with all the parts of the city not asleep.

33pinkozcat
Abr 11, 2012, 9:15 am

34anatwork.k
Abr 11, 2012, 10:23 am

No. :)

35pinkozcat
Abr 11, 2012, 7:16 pm

36anatwork.k
Abr 11, 2012, 9:38 pm

lol, no again. But, you are on the right track. Where *is* everybody?

37AnnieMod
Abr 11, 2012, 10:01 pm

//This somebody here is traveling so not answering :)//

38pinkozcat
Abr 11, 2012, 10:35 pm

Assassins? Night Watch?

39ronincats
Abr 11, 2012, 10:50 pm

40anatwork.k
Editado: Abr 12, 2012, 1:56 am

No and no. Do you guys really want hints? It's too easy then but your choice! :)

Safe travels Annie!

41edrandrew
Abr 12, 2012, 2:09 am

How about Mort?

42anatwork.k
Abr 12, 2012, 2:39 am

No...

43pinkozcat
Abr 12, 2012, 4:37 am

No hints - there is a finite number of books; someone will hit on the right one eventually.

44pinkozcat
Abr 12, 2012, 4:37 am

45anatwork.k
Abr 12, 2012, 5:00 am

No. :)

46justjim
Abr 12, 2012, 5:31 am

I agree that it must be early. If it isn't TCoM, why has nobody tried The Light Fantastic?

47pinkozcat
Abr 12, 2012, 7:24 am

If pyramids was on track then perhaps it is all that sand so I'll go for Small Gods

48anatwork.k
Abr 12, 2012, 1:16 pm

Jim got it. It is The Light Fantastic. Minnie, the on track was referring to earlier books but I seem to have confused the issue.

Over to you Jim.

49justjim
Abr 12, 2012, 9:07 pm

Allll righty then!

'People give us stuff, mind you. People can be very gen'rous to witches,' said Mrs Ogg, happily. 'On bakin' days in our village, sometimes I can't move for cake.'

50anatwork.k
Editado: Abr 12, 2012, 9:17 pm

*This* sounds like the Tiffany books...perhaps A Hat Full of Sky?

51justjim
Abr 12, 2012, 9:35 pm

No, sorry.

52pinkozcat
Abr 12, 2012, 10:37 pm

53justjim
Abr 12, 2012, 10:45 pm

No, not L&L.

54anatwork.k
Abr 12, 2012, 11:18 pm

55justjim
Abr 12, 2012, 11:20 pm

Aye, Bigjobs! That's the richt ane. Yer awa!

56anatwork.k
Abr 12, 2012, 11:35 pm

Lol, nice feegle accent. Here we go:

it's generally very quiet in the Unseen University library. There's perhaps the shuffling of feet as wizards wander between the shelves, the occasional hacking cough to disturb the academic silence, and every once in a while a dying scream as an unwary student fails to treat an old magical book with the caution it deserves.

57edrandrew
Abr 13, 2012, 2:04 am

58anatwork.k
Abr 13, 2012, 3:39 am

Nope. :)

59pinkozcat
Abr 13, 2012, 3:58 am

Guards! Guards!

60anatwork.k
Abr 13, 2012, 1:17 pm

No...

61barnouille
Abr 13, 2012, 3:47 pm

Soul Music ?

62anatwork.k
Abr 13, 2012, 3:50 pm

No. :) Keep going guys. You'll get there.

63barnouille
Abr 13, 2012, 4:05 pm

Men at arms ?

64anatwork.k
Abr 13, 2012, 6:16 pm

Yes! Over to you barnouille. :)

65barnouille
Abr 16, 2012, 7:08 am

"They ceased their boiling spaghetti dance and, to pass through this chicane of history, charged forward neck and neck in their race across the rubber sheet of incontinent Time."

66edrandrew
Abr 16, 2012, 7:26 am

Eric perhaps?

67barnouille
Abr 16, 2012, 7:32 am

No :)

68pinkozcat
Abr 16, 2012, 7:36 am

I don't recall ever reading about spaghetti so I will go for Johnny and the Bomb.

69AnnieMod
Abr 16, 2012, 7:54 am

That's somewhere in the witches books.
Maskerade maybe?

70barnouille
Abr 16, 2012, 1:29 pm

No, but you're not far off AnnieMod :)

71pinkozcat
Abr 16, 2012, 1:54 pm

Witches Abroad?

72anatwork.k
Abr 16, 2012, 3:06 pm

That is definitely obscure. I'll go for Wyrd Sisters but honestly, no idea.

73MrsLee
Abr 16, 2012, 6:10 pm

Had to look up the word "chicane." I had no idea that one of the definitions is, "An artificial narrowing or turn on a road or auto-racing course."

Learn something new every day, but I can't say that quote even sounds one bit familiar.

74barnouille
Abr 16, 2012, 7:02 pm

No and no ^^ I'll put another quote tomorrow if nobody got it.

(PS : i'm french, sorry if my english isn't very good ! :$)

75AnnieMod
Abr 16, 2012, 7:30 pm

76pinkozcat
Abr 16, 2012, 8:13 pm

The rubber sheet of incontinent time sounds to me more like Rincewind.

The Colour of Magic?

77anatwork.k
Abr 16, 2012, 8:40 pm

I'll go for The Last Hero since it sounds like dragons to me. Barnouille, we will get it eventually. You don't have to put a new quote up. This is what's fun. :)

78pinkozcat
Abr 17, 2012, 12:43 am

I'll second anatwork.k's comment; the harder it is the more fun.

And, barnouille, there is nothing wrong with your English and if you have been reading Pratchett in the original language it must be better than good.

79AnnieMod
Abr 17, 2012, 12:51 am

The books are a limited number - someone will get it :)

80edrandrew
Abr 18, 2012, 9:13 am

Hogfather? The bit where the hog-to-man-to-Hogfather progression takes place sounds a possible.

81barnouille
Abr 18, 2012, 4:36 pm

AnnieMod, you got it ;)

82anatwork.k
Abr 19, 2012, 1:15 am

Oh yes, I remember now. It was the bees!

83AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 1:26 am

If you died of eating this sort of thing they wouldn't have to bury you, they would just need to drop you somewhere where the ground was soft.

84pinkozcat
Abr 19, 2012, 3:12 am

85AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 12:01 pm

Nope.

86anatwork.k
Abr 19, 2012, 2:42 pm

87AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 3:04 pm

nope.

88anatwork.k
Abr 19, 2012, 3:46 pm

89pinkozcat
Abr 19, 2012, 7:20 pm

90AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 7:25 pm

Nope. And Nope

91anatwork.k
Abr 19, 2012, 7:53 pm

92AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 7:53 pm

Nope again

93anatwork.k
Abr 19, 2012, 8:17 pm

Lol, alright I'm done. :)

94justjim
Abr 19, 2012, 8:24 pm

So we have some form of heavy food? Stodgy? The Philosopher's feast in Pyramids wasn't well thought of by Teppic. I'll guess that.

95pinkozcat
Abr 19, 2012, 9:02 pm

My thought was Dwarf Bread but I am running out of options.

Men at Arms?

96AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 10:25 pm

No and no. :)

97pinkozcat
Abr 19, 2012, 11:57 pm

*sigh* Snuff?

98AnnieMod
Abr 19, 2012, 11:58 pm

Nope.

99pinkozcat
Abr 20, 2012, 12:26 am

100AnnieMod
Abr 20, 2012, 12:33 am

nope.

101edrandrew
Abr 20, 2012, 1:17 am

Maskerade had some good solid food in it, I seem to recall.

102AnnieMod
Abr 20, 2012, 1:18 am

Nope...

103anatwork.k
Abr 20, 2012, 2:25 am

Ok, I'm back with Sourcery?

104AnnieMod
Abr 20, 2012, 2:53 am

Welcome back but no.

105pinkozcat
Abr 20, 2012, 4:51 am

106anatwork.k
Editado: Abr 20, 2012, 5:34 am

107AnnieMod
Abr 20, 2012, 12:13 pm

No and No.

108pinkozcat
Abr 20, 2012, 7:46 pm

109anatwork.k
Abr 20, 2012, 8:20 pm

110AnnieMod
Abr 20, 2012, 8:58 pm

Two more of the same answer that starts with No.

Come on - this should have been easy... Do you want me to post a longer passage from there?

111pinkozcat
Abr 20, 2012, 9:51 pm

I'm happy to keep on guessing. After all, I will be either guessing your quote or someone else's.

But I'll leave it up to the rest of you.

112pinkozcat
Abr 20, 2012, 9:51 pm

113AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 12:28 am

Nope. :)

114pinkozcat
Abr 21, 2012, 2:20 am

I am going to have to make a list and tick them off as we go.

Interesting Times?

115AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 2:53 am

Nope....

116pinkozcat
Abr 21, 2012, 4:11 am

117AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 4:13 am

Same answer as above...

118anatwork.k
Abr 21, 2012, 4:21 am

Night Watch on the basis that it sounds like his grace. Also another line from the passage would be awesome. :)

119anatwork.k
Abr 21, 2012, 4:22 am

So far we have tried 20 books for this quote!

120AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 4:28 am

>119 anatwork.k: And I thought it will be very easy...

>118 anatwork.k: Nope.

Clue: The previous sentence is:
"It was just that somewhere in the preparation something had apparently done to these innocent ingredients what it takes a million gravities to do a neutron star."

121edrandrew
Abr 21, 2012, 12:32 pm

Following a process of careful elimination coupled with random guesswork I'll try The Truth.

122pinkozcat
Abr 21, 2012, 1:33 pm

I have a little list which I am working through ...

Thud?

123anatwork.k
Editado: Abr 21, 2012, 3:02 pm

124AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 6:43 pm

No and no and no.

125pinkozcat
Abr 21, 2012, 9:45 pm

126AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 10:49 pm

Nope...
Do we beat any records in number of wrong guesses here...?

127pinkozcat
Abr 21, 2012, 11:17 pm

I'd think so. My latest count is 22 (there is one duplicate which I have not counted).

I shall wear Midnight? :)

128AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 11:30 pm

Nope...

129pinkozcat
Abr 21, 2012, 11:41 pm

This is quess 24; we muat be at least halfway through.

Equal Rites.

130AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 11:48 pm

And wrong again

131humouress
Abr 21, 2012, 11:48 pm

132AnnieMod
Abr 21, 2012, 11:51 pm

Nope..

133pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 12:20 am

Reaper Man?

Is it a discworld book?

134AnnieMod
Abr 22, 2012, 12:24 am

It is a discworld book, yes. One of the novels.

But not Reaper Man.

135pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 12:28 am

Going Postal?

I am going through my books shelf now

136AnnieMod
Abr 22, 2012, 12:30 am

Nope....:)

137pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 12:42 am

Making money

138anatwork.k
Abr 22, 2012, 1:20 am

I had to tick these off on a list because I couldn't keep track! Mea culpa for the double guess. Is it by any chance Monstrous Regiment? Although, they never did seem to have much food to eat... I'm treating this rather like a mystery novel now; the least likely culprit, etc...

139AnnieMod
Abr 22, 2012, 1:24 am

No and no...

OK.... here is the full passage (minus the first sentence that gives it away):
"It was a bowl of cereal, nuts, and dried fruit. He didn't have any quarrel with any of that. It was just that somewhere in the preparation something had apparently done to these innocent ingredients what it takes a million gravities to do a neutron star. If you died of eating this sort of thing they wouldn't have to bury you, they would just need to drop you somewhere where the ground was soft.

He managed to swallow it. It wasn't difficult. The trick would have been preventing it from heading downwards."

140pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 1:47 am

Feet of Clay?

It sounds a bit like Vimes being fed muesli as part of a 'keep fit' regimen

141AnnieMod
Abr 22, 2012, 1:53 am

I suspect that noone is really surprised that the answer is No again. I start thinking that we will go through all the books this time around.

142pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 2:29 am

It is fun, though ... I only have six books not on my list but I don't have every book in the series.

So Eric?

143AnnieMod
Abr 22, 2012, 2:42 am

Finally. Of course it is Eric -- when he managed to summon Rincewind and brought him some food :) All yours.

144pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 2:47 am

That is someone else's default reply. I was reluctant to suggest it but 31 guesses must definitely be a record.

145pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 2:53 am

A young monk was carefully raking the gravel. He gave a respectful bow as Sweeper approached.

146anatwork.k
Abr 22, 2012, 4:08 am

Oh my god Eric!! I was thinking about it too but decided it wasn't.

This is, I think, Night Watch?

147pinkozcat
Abr 22, 2012, 4:24 am

Yes - it is from Night Watch.

Over to you anatwork

148anatwork.k
Abr 22, 2012, 7:26 am

The Ankh-Morpork view of crime and punishment was that the penalty for the first offence should prevent the possibility of a second offence.

149pinkozcat
Abr 23, 2012, 8:50 am

I think that we are all guessed out but I'll get the ball rolling again with yet another guess. Men at Arms?

150AnnieMod
Abr 23, 2012, 9:24 am

151anatwork.k
Abr 23, 2012, 5:04 pm

No and no. And yes, the last round was somewhat overwhelming! ;)

152pinkozcat
Abr 23, 2012, 11:18 pm

153anatwork.k
Abr 24, 2012, 12:58 am

Nope.

154pinkozcat
Abr 24, 2012, 1:08 am

Making Money?

I know that Moist was hanged in one of those two books.

155anatwork.k
Abr 24, 2012, 1:16 am

Lol he was hanged in going postal, right at the beginning, but it is neither of those two books; atleast I got it from another (earlier) book.

156pinkozcat
Editado: Abr 24, 2012, 2:45 am

Back to the City Watch then.

Feet of Clay?

157anatwork.k
Abr 24, 2012, 5:21 am

You got it. Over to you Minnie.

158pinkozcat
Abr 24, 2012, 8:51 pm

'Archchancellor, Ponder Stibbons is a fully trained wizard!' said the Dean.

159anatwork.k
Abr 25, 2012, 5:10 pm

Ok let's get this started.

What about Lords and Ladies?

160pinkozcat
Abr 25, 2012, 7:25 pm

161ronincats
Abr 25, 2012, 10:02 pm

162anatwork.k
Abr 25, 2012, 10:39 pm

163pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 12:04 am

No and No.

164ronincats
Abr 26, 2012, 12:47 am

165anatwork.k
Abr 26, 2012, 1:07 am

Reaper Man?

166pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 1:22 am

No and no again.

167anatwork.k
Abr 26, 2012, 3:30 am

168pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 4:05 am

No ...

169humouress
Abr 26, 2012, 5:45 am

170pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 5:52 am

171Ardagor
Abr 26, 2012, 6:35 am

172pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 7:14 am

The Last Continent it is.

Your turn, Ardagor.

173Ardagor
Abr 26, 2012, 10:18 am

"They made way for an old woman bent double under the weight of a black and white pig. And then there was just the road, rutted and muddy."

174pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 10:33 am

175Ardagor
Abr 26, 2012, 10:38 am

No

176pinkozcat
Abr 26, 2012, 11:02 am

177Ardagor
Abr 26, 2012, 11:08 am

No again

178anatwork.k
Abr 26, 2012, 11:19 am

179Ardagor
Abr 26, 2012, 11:27 am

Yes, anatwork.k is next

180anatwork.k
Editado: Abr 29, 2012, 2:08 am

Sorry for the delay; been rather busy. Let us try this one -- it should be nice and easy. :)

"To the axeman, all supplicants are the same height."

EDIT: So sorry. I forgot the quotation marks. :( Fixed now.

181pwaites
Abr 28, 2012, 10:46 pm

182pinkozcat
Abr 28, 2012, 10:48 pm

183anatwork.k
Abr 29, 2012, 1:03 am

No and no. :)

184pinkozcat
Abr 29, 2012, 1:04 am

185anatwork.k
Abr 29, 2012, 2:07 am

Nope.

186anatwork.k
Abr 29, 2012, 2:09 am

Please check the edit! Sorry...

187edrandrew
Abr 29, 2012, 2:51 am

Guards! Guards! - part of the interminable exchange of passwords at the secret society I'm sure.

188anatwork.k
Abr 29, 2012, 3:18 am

Ezzackly. Its one of my favorite bits of Pratchett farce. Over to you edrandrew.

189edrandrew
Abr 29, 2012, 3:37 am

It was not because the man had used the phrase 'commence to start' in cold blood. But it ought to have been.

190anatwork.k
Abr 29, 2012, 9:17 pm

191pwaites
Abr 29, 2012, 9:43 pm

192AnnieMod
Abr 29, 2012, 11:54 pm

193pinkozcat
Abr 30, 2012, 1:12 am

194AnnieMod
Abr 30, 2012, 1:16 am

Argh. Can I change my guess? Because I am pretty sure I am wrong... :)

195pinkozcat
Abr 30, 2012, 1:35 am

LOL - when we are all told that we guessed wrong then you can have another try.

Obviously you are sure that we have all guessed wrong so far, so you have nothing to lose by waiting a while.

196AnnieMod
Abr 30, 2012, 1:47 am

:) I was semi-joking. No idea why I initially thought it is Small gods. oh well :)

197edrandrew
Abr 30, 2012, 2:05 am

Looks like AnnieMod can have her next go now as it isn't one of the above.

198anatwork.k
Abr 30, 2012, 3:40 am

Lol, I am tempting fate by guessing Eric.

199pinkozcat
Abr 30, 2012, 4:04 am

I'll go for my default answer. Unseen Academicals?

200AnnieMod
Abr 30, 2012, 4:24 am

201justjim
Abr 30, 2012, 5:01 am

I can see now why Annie wanted to change her guess... ;)

202edrandrew
Abr 30, 2012, 7:13 am

Me too - it's because she's right.

203AnnieMod
Abr 30, 2012, 8:23 am

Yet there is the constant desire to find some point in the twisting, knotting, raveling nets of space-time on which a metaphorical finger can be put to indicate that here, here, is the point where it all began...

204anatwork.k
Abr 30, 2012, 1:23 pm

201, 202: lol

I have a feeling this is Men at Arms when Edward (?) sees Carrot for the first time...? Of course, I could be wrong. :)

205AnnieMod
Abr 30, 2012, 6:04 pm

Nope

206pinkozcat
Abr 30, 2012, 9:44 pm

I'll go to the beginning too.

The Colour of Magic?

207AnnieMod
mayo 1, 2012, 2:28 am

nope

208anatwork.k
mayo 1, 2012, 10:46 am

Lords and Ladies.

209AnnieMod
mayo 1, 2012, 11:15 am

nope.

210humouress
mayo 1, 2012, 12:37 pm

Wild guess : The Fifth Elephant?

211anatwork.k
mayo 1, 2012, 2:33 pm

Is it Eric again?

212pinkozcat
mayo 1, 2012, 9:13 pm

Way outside the square but ... Snuff?

213AnnieMod
mayo 2, 2012, 1:10 am

No,No and No.

214pinkozcat
mayo 2, 2012, 2:01 am

215anatwork.k
mayo 2, 2012, 2:12 am

Jingo

216edrandrew
mayo 2, 2012, 2:24 am

Thief of Time is probably a bit too obvious, but I can't think of a better guess.

217AnnieMod
mayo 2, 2012, 2:56 am

Triple no again.

218pinkozcat
mayo 2, 2012, 3:04 am

219AnnieMod
mayo 2, 2012, 3:05 am

No.

220pinkozcat
mayo 2, 2012, 3:54 am

221anatwork.k
mayo 2, 2012, 2:30 pm

Ok, I started opening books. It's The Hogfather.

222AnnieMod
mayo 2, 2012, 4:34 pm

anatwork.k, yes. Almost the beginning.

all yours

223anatwork.k
mayo 2, 2012, 6:13 pm

There came a thunderous knock at the door.
There is a mantra to be said on these occasions. It doesn't matter...


Rest of the passage when somebody gets the book because it is hilarious!

224pwaites
mayo 2, 2012, 9:55 pm

225anatwork.k
mayo 2, 2012, 9:58 pm

Nope.

226edrandrew
mayo 3, 2012, 2:55 am

We must be talking about a knock-knock routine at the Guild of Fools and Joculators. I'll try Men at Arms.

227pinkozcat
Editado: mayo 3, 2012, 3:14 am

Nah! Must be Guards! Guards!

228AnnieMod
mayo 3, 2012, 3:37 am

Sourcery?
It's not just the end of this sentence that is hilarious - what the wizard duly says after this introduction to the mantra always makes me laugh.

229anatwork.k
mayo 3, 2012, 4:58 am

Annie, yup that's what I meant. The whole bit...

There came a thunderous knock at the door.
There is a mantra to be said on these occasions. It doesn't matter if the door is a tent flap, a scrap of hide on a wind blown yurt, three inches of solid oak with great iron nails in or a rectangle of chipboard with mahogany veneer, a small light over it made of horrible bits of coloured glass and a bellpush that plays a choice of twenty popular melodies that no music lover would want to listen to even after five years' sensory deprivation.
One wizard turned to another and duly said: 'I wonder who that can be at this time of night?'

230AnnieMod
mayo 3, 2012, 6:01 pm

"And it was believable right up until you looked hard into those cheeky, smiling eyes, and saw, deep down, the demons looking back.

…but you mustn't spend too much time looking at those eyes, because that'd mean you'd taken your eyes off his hands, and by now one of them held a knife.
"

231MrsLee
Editado: mayo 3, 2012, 11:41 pm

232AnnieMod
mayo 4, 2012, 12:02 am

Nope.

233anatwork.k
mayo 4, 2012, 12:08 am

Ohh Night Watch. And evil Carcer.

234anatwork.k
mayo 4, 2012, 12:09 am

Someone else take my turn please. :)

235AnnieMod
mayo 4, 2012, 1:42 am

Yep. All yours. Or whoever feels like posting something :)

236pinkozcat
mayo 6, 2012, 9:03 pm

I was a drunk. You have to be richer than I was to be an alcoholic.

237pwaites
mayo 6, 2012, 11:01 pm

This is Vimes speaking. The question is, which Watch book? I would guess The Fifth Elephant when he is talking to a certain vampire.

238pinkozcat
mayo 6, 2012, 11:10 pm

yes, it is from The Fifth Elephant. Over to you pwaites

239pwaites
mayo 7, 2012, 5:35 pm

"Who generally took the view that trying to find any deep meaning to events was like trying to find reflections in a mirror: you always succeeded, but you didn't learn anything new."

Bonus bragging points for those who can name the 'who' in this quote. :)

240edrandrew
mayo 8, 2012, 7:47 am

I'm going to guess that the book is Witches Abroad and that the "who" is Granny Weatherwax. That's to say, I'll start with the obvious.

241pwaites
mayo 8, 2012, 7:18 pm

It's not Witches Abroad and it is not about Granny Weatherwax, though come to think of it the quote does sound like it is referring to her.

242justjim
mayo 8, 2012, 8:12 pm

Is it Lu Tze, or the History Monks in general? Perhaps in Small Gods.

243pwaites
mayo 8, 2012, 9:36 pm

Nope, it is neither Lu Tze, History Monks, or Small Gods.

244anatwork.k
mayo 8, 2012, 11:42 pm

Hola peeps. Popping in for a second. That sounds like Gaspode for some random reason in my completely erratic and exhausted mind. Maybe Moving Pictures?

245pwaites
mayo 9, 2012, 5:29 pm

Not Gaspode, and not Moving Pictures. Is a clue needed?

246anatwork.k
mayo 9, 2012, 10:41 pm

Well then maybe Rincewind in Interesting Times?

I'm okay without a hint. But if anyone else wants one... :)

247pwaites
mayo 9, 2012, 11:00 pm

Not Rincewind or Interesting Times, but your closer.

248AnnieMod
mayo 10, 2012, 4:17 am

Ridcully about Ponder's rules in The Science of Discworld maybe? (I know that this is way out there but this is what comes to mind first so... thought I should throw it in)

249pwaites
mayo 10, 2012, 8:36 am

You've got it! On to you, AnnieMod.

250AnnieMod
mayo 10, 2012, 3:52 pm

I am officially susprised - I was pretty sure I got it wrong but decided to throw it anyway. Oh well :) Next then.

"Suppose you'd watched the slow accretion of snow over thousands of years as it was compressed and pushed over the deep rock until the glacier calved its icebergs into the sea, and you watched an iceberg drift out through the chilly waters, and you got to know its cargo of happy polar bears and seals as they looked forward to a brave new life in the other hemisphere where they say the ice floes are lined with crunchy penguins, and then wham! Tragedy loomed in the shape of thousands of tons of unaccountably floating iron and an exciting sound track…"

251pinkozcat
mayo 10, 2012, 9:09 pm

Nation?

252AnnieMod
mayo 10, 2012, 9:53 pm

Nope.

253anatwork.k
mayo 12, 2012, 9:37 am

Very familiar passage about perspective AFAIR. I am going to go for The Wee Free Men.

254AnnieMod
mayo 12, 2012, 9:44 pm

Nope.

255anatwork.k
mayo 13, 2012, 3:33 pm

Urm Jingo?

256AnnieMod
mayo 14, 2012, 12:22 am

Nah.

257anatwork.k
mayo 14, 2012, 1:27 am

Hmm The Truth? I know I have read this recently...

258AnnieMod
mayo 14, 2012, 1:31 am

Nope.

259pinkozcat
mayo 14, 2012, 4:52 am

260AnnieMod
mayo 14, 2012, 5:54 am

Nope...

261pinkozcat
mayo 14, 2012, 6:27 am

262guido47
Editado: mayo 14, 2012, 10:00 am

The Last Hero?

Eta. Sorry about that previous touchstone. Of course I meant the Sir Terry one! Don't know how to edit it.

263AnnieMod
mayo 14, 2012, 11:38 am

No and no.

264anatwork.k
mayo 14, 2012, 3:06 pm

265AnnieMod
mayo 14, 2012, 3:43 pm

Nope...
(why every time I think I chose an easy one, we end up chasing it all over the books) :)

266anatwork.k
mayo 14, 2012, 3:51 pm

I don't know! And this one is super easy. I have read it so recently. Okay last guess then I'm going to start opening books. Feet of Clay?

267AnnieMod
mayo 14, 2012, 4:03 pm

:) Nope...

268AnnieMod
mayo 15, 2012, 3:16 pm

Ping.

269anatwork.k
mayo 15, 2012, 3:58 pm

Thief of Time!!! I had a brainwave. I don't know why I didn't remember that before.

270AnnieMod
mayo 15, 2012, 4:02 pm

:)) But of course. All yours.

271anatwork.k
Editado: mayo 15, 2012, 9:46 pm

To look at _________, you'd see a man who might well, if he fell over a cliff, have to stop and ask directions on the way down.

Bonus points for naming the subject of the quote!

272joannasephine
mayo 16, 2012, 4:48 am

Pretty sure the person referred to is Fred Colon, but which book? Thud?

273anatwork.k
mayo 16, 2012, 6:10 pm

Exactly. You're on joannasephine.

274joannasephine
mayo 17, 2012, 9:11 pm

Ok, follow me to thread #17!
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