OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: > It must have been the socks talking. and > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts > held together with spit and coffee. and > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days > it's hard to find anything that isn't. and > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Let there be another leaf. < _Small Gods_
On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ > and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". > > Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: > > > It must have been the socks talking. > > and > > > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts > > held together with spit and coffee. > > and > > > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days > > it's hard to find anything that isn't. > > and > > > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. > > -- > tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > Let there be another leaf. > > < _Small Gods_ i bow to the genius of Pratchett, did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. headkase
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:30 -0800, headkase wrote: > On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ >> and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". >> >> Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: >> >> > It must have been the socks talking. >> >> and >> >> > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts >> > held together with spit and coffee. >> >> and >> >> > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days >> > it's hard to find anything that isn't. >> >> and >> >> > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. >> >> -- >> tinmimu...@hotmail.com >> >> smeeter 11 or maybe 12 >> >> mp 10 >> >> mhm 29x13 >> >> Let there be another leaf. >> >> < _Small Gods_ > > i bow to the genius of Pratchett, > > did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. He should satirize them in revenge. Is there a Guild of Officially Very Smart People in Ankh-Morpork? -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "The math is easy," said Chaos. < _Thief of Time_
On Nov 24, 11:33 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:30 -0800, headkase wrote: > > On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ > >> and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". > > >> Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: > > >> > It must have been the socks talking. > > >> and > > >> > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts > >> > held together with spit and coffee. > > >> and > > >> > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days > >> > it's hard to find anything that isn't. > > >> and > > >> > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. > > >> -- > >> tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > >> smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > >> mp 10 > > >> mhm 29x13 > > >> Let there be another leaf. > > >> < _Small Gods_ > > > i bow to the genius of Pratchett, > > > did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. > > He should satirize them in revenge. > > Is there a Guild of Officially Very Smart People in Ankh-Morpork? > that would be the wizards > -- > tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > "The math is easy," said Chaos. > > < _Thief of Time_- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:01:44 -0800 (PST), in the land of alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase <psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for writing: >On Nov 24, 11:33 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:30 -0800, headkase wrote: >> > On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ >> >> and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". >> >> >> Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: >> >> >> > It must have been the socks talking. >> >> >> and >> >> >> > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts >> >> > held together with spit and coffee. >> >> >> and >> >> >> > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days >> >> > it's hard to find anything that isn't. >> >> >> and >> >> >> > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. >> >> >> -- >> >> tinmimu...@hotmail.com >> >> >> smeeter 11 or maybe 12 >> >> >> mp 10 >> >> >> mhm 29x13 >> >> >> Let there be another leaf. >> >> >> < _Small Gods_ >> >> > i bow to the genius of Pratchett, >> >> > did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. >> >> He should satirize them in revenge. >> >> Is there a Guild of Officially Very Smart People in Ankh-Morpork? >> > >that would be the wizards > Specifically Rincewind. -- Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
On Nov 24, 11:33 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:30 -0800, headkase wrote: > > On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ > >> and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". > > >> Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: > > >> > It must have been the socks talking. > > >> and > > >> > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts > >> > held together with spit and coffee. > > >> and > > >> > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days > >> > it's hard to find anything that isn't. > > >> and > > >> > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. > > >> -- > >> tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > >> smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > >> mp 10 > > >> mhm 29x13 > > >> Let there be another leaf. > > >> < _Small Gods_ > > > i bow to the genius of Pratchett, > > > did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. > > He should satirize them in revenge. > > Is there a Guild of Officially Very Smart People in Ankh-Morpork? or the unoficial guild in Lancre - The Witches headkase > > -- > tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > "The math is easy," said Chaos. > > < _Thief of Time_- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:sZGdnSrZ74b54tranZ2dnUVZ_uPinZ2d@giganews.com... > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:30 -0800, headkase wrote: > > > On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ > >> and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". > >> > >> Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: > >> > >> > It must have been the socks talking. > >> > >> and > >> > >> > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts > >> > held together with spit and coffee. > >> > >> and > >> > >> > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days > >> > it's hard to find anything that isn't. > >> > >> and > >> > >> > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. > >> > >> -- > >> tinmimu...@hotmail.com > >> > >> smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > >> > >> mp 10 > >> > >> mhm 29x13 > >> > >> Let there be another leaf. > >> > >> < _Small Gods_ > > > > i bow to the genius of Pratchett, > > > > did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. > > He should satirize them in revenge. > > Is there a Guild of Officially Very Smart People in Ankh-Morpork? I thought the wizards of Unseen University copped that spot. Or was it the assassins? Smee > > -- > tinmimus99@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > "The math is easy," said Chaos. > > < _Thief of Time_ > >
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:17:24 GMT, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, <pscissons@sbcglobal.net> bloviated: > >"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:sZGdnSrZ74b54tranZ2dnUVZ_uPinZ2d@giganews.com... >> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:30 -0800, headkase wrote: >> >> > On Nov 24, 6:13 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ >> >> and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". >> >> >> >> Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: >> >> >> >> > It must have been the socks talking. >> >> >> >> and >> >> >> >> > I am a bundle of suppressed instincts >> >> > held together with spit and coffee. >> >> >> >> and >> >> >> >> > It's an Abomination, of course, but these days >> >> > it's hard to find anything that isn't. >> >> >> >> and >> >> >> >> > You can't trust the people who do that stuff. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> tinmimu...@hotmail.com >> >> >> >> smeeter 11 or maybe 12 >> >> >> >> mp 10 >> >> >> >> mhm 29x13 >> >> >> >> Let there be another leaf. >> >> >> >> < _Small Gods_ >> > >> > i bow to the genius of Pratchett, >> > >> > did you now the MENSA made him in honourary member. >> >> He should satirize them in revenge. >> >> Is there a Guild of Officially Very Smart People in Ankh-Morpork? > >I thought the wizards of Unseen University copped that spot. Or was it the >assassins? > >Smee > >> That would be Lord Vetinari the Patrician...
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:13:14 -0500, mimus wrote: > OK, so I got me a nice used ex-library hardback of _Monstrous Regiment_ > and, yes, it's very likely "classic Pratchett". > > Certainly got four possible .sigs out of it: > >> It must have been the socks talking. > > and > >> I am a bundle of suppressed instincts >> held together with spit and coffee. > > and > >> It's an Abomination, of course, but these days >> it's hard to find anything that isn't. > > and > >> You can't trust the people who do that stuff. And now we have _Thud!_. It also is excellent, but I noticed something annoying, which is a repeated referencing throughout the book to earlier novels, which reminds me all too much of the "product placement" business in movies, and which Pratchett hardly needs to do, and is unworthy of him and his books. I also thought the six-o'-clock reading business was overstated. More generally, I just realized (doh) the inconsistency in depicting trolls as normally dim-witted, except under cold conditions, when they're quite the opposite-- shouldn't that mean there'd be a very quick establishment of a very un-dim-witted troll culture in the mountains, etc., well able to technically handle their refrigeration needs elsewhere, in warmer climes and underground? Oh, well, it's a mistake to press recreational reading too hard. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "The math is easy," said Chaos. < _Thief of Time_
