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"Gentlemen, no fighting please. This is, after all, a council of war. (p. 26)"
Discworld“You mean Nuggan objects to dwarfs, cats and the color blue and there’ — Discworld
"“You mean Nuggan objects to dwarfs, cats and the color blue and there’re more insane commandments?” Chinny coughed politely. “All right, then,” growled Vimes. “More extreme commandments?” “Oysters, sir. He doesn’t like them. But that’s not a problem because no one there has ever seen an oyster. Oh, and babies. He Abominated them, too.” “I take it people still make them here?” “Oh, yes, Your Gr— I’m sorry. Yes, sir. But they feel guilty about it. Barking dogs, that was another one. Shirts with six buttons, too. And cheese. Er…people just sort of, er, avoid the trickier ones. Even the priests seem to have given up trying to explain them.” “Yes, I think I can see why. So what we have here is a country that tries to run itself on the commandments of a god who, the people feel, may be wearing his underpants on his head. Has he Abominated underpants?” “No, sir, Chinny sighed. “But it’s probably only a matter of time.” (p. 17)"
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Discworld is a collection of fantasy comedy novels, graphic novels, short stories, and associated works conceived and primarily written by the English author Terry Pratchett. They are united by their being set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The novel series consists of forty-one books, the first being The C
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