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->"[[EatTheDog Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.]]"

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->"[[EatTheDog Pets ->"Pets are always a great help in times of stress. [[EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal And in times of starvation too, o'course.]]"
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->''"Stories are important. People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way round. Stories... have evolved... The strongest have survived, and they have grown fat... Stories etch grooves deep enough for people to follow... A thousand wolves have eaten grandmother, a thousand princesses have been kissed... Stories don't care who takes part in them. All that matters is that the story gets told, that the story repeats."''
-->-- Describing the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality

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(From ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016509/1/The_New_Guild The New Guild]]'' by A.A. Pessimal).

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\n(From --->--(From ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016509/1/The_New_Guild The New Guild]]'' by A.A. Pessimal).
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


* ''The Assassins' Guild School was created by taking a typical British boarding school and turning all the knobs up [[UpToEleven way past eleven]], especially the one labelled "violence".''

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* ''The Assassins' Guild School was created by taking a typical British boarding school and turning all the knobs up [[UpToEleven way past eleven]], eleven, especially the one labelled "violence".''
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-> "If I was your mother, I would have run away before you was born!"
--> Granny roasting someone and then roasting the ashes.
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-> People who say things like 'may all your dreams come true' should try living in one for five minutes.
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Flame Bait


-> Ponder looked absolutely crestfallen. There are some people born with the instinctive feeling that [[WhatAnIdiot the universe is solvable]].

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-> Ponder looked absolutely crestfallen. There are some people born with the instinctive feeling that [[WhatAnIdiot the universe is solvable]].
solvable.
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Creator/TerryPratchett is ''very'' quotable. This page is under construction and mostly stolen from the [[http://www.lspace.org/ftp/words/pqf/pqf Pratchett Quote File]].

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Creator/TerryPratchett Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series is ''very'' quotable. This page is under construction and mostly stolen from the [[http://www.lspace.org/ftp/words/pqf/pqf Pratchett Quote File]].
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-> 'It's pronouned [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Ah-Wij]].'

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-> 'It's pronouned [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY [[PronouncingMyNameForYou Ah-Wij]].'
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Do not pothole in quotes.


->And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the ChosenOne: "[[SophisticatedAsHell Psst!]]"

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->And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the ChosenOne: "[[SophisticatedAsHell Psst!]]"
Chosen One: "Psst!"



->[[AC:[[ChessWithDeath Remind me again]]]], he said, [[AC:[[ChessWithDeath how the little horse-shaped ones move.]]]]

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->[[AC:[[ChessWithDeath Remind ->[[AC:Remind me again]]]], again]], he said, [[AC:[[ChessWithDeath how [[AC:how the little horse-shaped ones move.]]]]
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->'''Carter:''' ‘Coming down here, taking our jobs, yeah?’
->'''Trevor:''' ‘Like, how often do you do a hand’s turn?’
->'''Carter:''' ‘Well, I might want to one day.’


-> In fact, Juliet’s rising from beneath the cart passed relatively unnoticed by all except an art student who was almost blinded by the light at the spectacle, and many years later painted the picture known as Beauty Arising from the Pease Pudding Cart [[SophisticatedAsHell Attended by Cherubs Carrying Hot Dogs and Pies]]. It was widely regarded as a masterpiece, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible although no one could ever work out exactly what the hell it was all about]]. But it was beautiful and so it was true.

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->'''Carter:''' ‘Coming down here, taking our jobs, yeah?’
->'''Trevor:'''
yeah?’\\
'''Trevor:'''
‘Like, how often do you do a hand’s turn?’
->'''Carter:'''
turn?’\\
'''Carter:'''
‘Well, I might want to one day.’


-> In fact, Juliet’s rising from beneath the cart passed relatively unnoticed by all except an art student who was almost blinded by the light at the spectacle, and many years later painted the picture known as Beauty Arising from the Pease Pudding Cart [[SophisticatedAsHell Attended by Cherubs Carrying Hot Dogs and Pies]]. Pies. It was widely regarded as a masterpiece, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible although no one could ever work out exactly what the hell it was all about]].about. But it was beautiful and so it was true.
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-> The Ankh-Morpork Trespassers’ Society [[labelnote:**]] Originally the Explorers’ Society until Lord Vetinari forcibly insisted that most of the places ‘discovered’ by the society’s members already had people living in them, who were already trying to sell snakes to the newcomers.[[/labelnote]]


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-> The Ankh-Morpork Trespassers’ Society [[labelnote:**]] Originally [[labelnote:**]]Originally the Explorers’ Society until Lord Vetinari forcibly insisted that most of the places ‘discovered’ by the society’s members already had people living in them, who were already trying to sell snakes to the newcomers.[[/labelnote]]




-> 'He's sick as a parrot.' [[labelnote:**]] According to Fletcher’s ''Avian Nausea Index'', parrot sickness stands at number five in the ‘wishing yourself dead’ index. The highest level of sickness is that suffered by the great Combovered Eagle which can vomit over three countries at once.[[/labelnote]]

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-> 'He's sick as a parrot.' [[labelnote:**]] According [[labelnote:**]]According to Fletcher’s ''Avian Nausea Index'', parrot sickness stands at number five in the ‘wishing yourself dead’ index. The highest level of sickness is that suffered by the great Combovered Eagle which can vomit over three countries at once.[[/labelnote]]



-> "If you’re another chancer wanting to bamboozle me I’ll have you down the Effing stairs [[labelnote:**]]The wonderfully colourful oak wood of the Effing Forest was much in demand for high-class joinery.[[/labelnote]]before you know it."

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-> "If you’re another chancer wanting to bamboozle me I’ll have you down the Effing stairs [[labelnote:**]]The wonderfully colourful oak wood of the Effing Forest was much in demand for high-class joinery.[[/labelnote]]before [[/labelnote]] before you know it."



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-> [[AC:'''death:''' mustard is always tricky]]\\

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-> [[AC:'''death:''' mustard is always tricky]]\\tricky.]]\\

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