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* In the audiobook, during the Feegle's interpretation of "Row Row Row Your Boat" (crossing the river Styx), the narrator not only sing it, but re-recorded it several times to sing it in Rounds. Steven Briggs truly the voice of Discworld.

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* In the audiobook, during the Feegle's interpretation of "Row Row Row Your Boat" (crossing the river Styx), the narrator not only sing sang it, but re-recorded it several times to sing it in Rounds. Steven Briggs is truly the voice of Discworld.
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* In an odd sort of way, Miss Treason's death. In her last moments she still goes out of the way to fan her myth as much as possible, literally walking into her own grave in front of the villagers, and jamming her pocket watch (which was said to be replacing her heart) while appearing to die mid sentence. Tiffany notes that the onlookers will remember this for the rest of their lives.
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* In the very first chapter, Tiffany pulls off some ''extremely'' impressive magic, channeling the heat of a huge bonfire into a magical heat ray to dig a path through the snow. She's come a long way in her training.

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* In the very first chapter, Tiffany pulls off some ''extremely'' impressive magic, channeling the heat of a huge bonfire into a magical heat ray to dig a path through the snow. She's come a long way in her training.training.
* Ignorant and ill-conceived though the Wintersmith's attempt to build a body might seem, the result is pretty impressive, especially in contrast to the UncannyValley results when the Auditors tried something similar in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime''.

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* Tiffany dealing with an amorous and [[StalkerWithACrush obsessive]] Wintersmith.
** She didn't just ''deal'' with the Wintersmith: she taught him in one stroke what it is to be human, and while he was distracted, [[spoiler:''redirected the heat of the sun to melt him and his entire palace'']].

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* Tiffany dealing with an amorous and [[StalkerWithACrush obsessive]] Wintersmith.
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Wintersmith. She didn't just ''deal'' with the Wintersmith: she taught him in one stroke what it is to be human, and while he was distracted, [[spoiler:''redirected ''redirected the heat of the sun to melt him and his entire palace'']].palace''.



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* In the audiobook, during the Feegle's interpretation of "Row Row Row Your Boat" (crossing the river Styx), the narrator not only sing it, but re-recorded it several times to sing it in Rounds. Steven Briggs truly the voice of Discworld.

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* In the audiobook, during the Feegle's interpretation of "Row Row Row Your Boat" (crossing the river Styx), the narrator not only sing it, but re-recorded it several times to sing it in Rounds. Steven Briggs truly the voice of Discworld.Discworld.
* In the very first chapter, Tiffany pulls off some ''extremely'' impressive magic, channeling the heat of a huge bonfire into a magical heat ray to dig a path through the snow. She's come a long way in her training.
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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them,'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as one of the book's SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and a BrickJoke, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect and the Feegles' terrified reactions to her Crossing Of The Arms and Tapping of the Feets, which Rob had detailed earlier as part of the "hiddlins of husbandry", scaring the crap out of his men on the process.

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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them,'''and them, '''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as one of the book's SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and a BrickJoke, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect and the Feegles' terrified reactions to her Crossing Of The Arms and Tapping of the Feets, which Rob had detailed earlier as part of the "hiddlins of husbandry", scaring the crap out of his men on the process.



--> '''Rob Anybody:''' Socks wi’oot feets?”

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--> '''Rob Anybody:''' Socks wi’oot feets?”
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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as one of the book's SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.
--> ''Stop stealing the funeral meat, you wee scuggans!''

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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and them,'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as one of the book's SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and a BrickJoke, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.
dialect and the Feegles' terrified reactions to her Crossing Of The Arms and Tapping of the Feets, which Rob had detailed earlier as part of the "hiddlins of husbandry", scaring the crap out of his men on the process.
--> '''Tiffany:''' ''Stop stealing the funeral meat, meats right now, you wee scuggans!''scuggers!''
--> '''Rob Anybody:''' Socks wi’oot feets?”
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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as one of the book's FunnyMoments, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.

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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as one of the book's FunnyMoments, SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.
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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as a FunnyMoment, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.

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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as a FunnyMoment, one of the book's FunnyMoments, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.
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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.

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* Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny, FunnyMoment, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.

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** ''Stop stealing the funeral meat, you wee scuggans!''

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** * Tiffany realizing the Feegles are making off with Miss Treason's funeral feast, angrily chases them down, confronts them...'''and gets them to stop.''' Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny, with Tiffany misusing Feegle dialect.
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''Stop stealing the funeral meat, you wee scuggans!''
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*** Notice how this correlates towards the relationships between witches. Mrs. Gogol and Nanny Ogg are about equal, though I would rank Nanny Ogg a bit higher. Granny Weatherwax is..., well, she's Granny Weatherwax. So, You beats Greebo, but Greebo and Legba cannot beat each other.
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* In this corner, Nanny Ogg's Badass LoveableSexManiac cat, Greebo. In this corner, Granny Weatherwax's puny little kitten, You. Poor Greebo.

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* In this corner, Nanny Ogg's Badass LoveableSexManiac LovableSexManiac cat, Greebo. In this corner, Granny Weatherwax's puny little kitten, You. Poor Greebo.
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* Nanny Ogg just being [[CoolOldLady Nanny Ogg]] is pretty awesome at any time.

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* Nanny Ogg just being [[CoolOldLady Nanny Ogg]] is pretty awesome at any time.time.
* In the audiobook, during the Feegle's interpretation of "Row Row Row Your Boat" (crossing the river Styx), the narrator not only sing it, but re-recorded it several times to sing it in Rounds. Steven Briggs truly the voice of Discworld.
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* In this corner, Nanny Ogg's {{Badass}} LoveableSexManiac cat, Greebo. In this corner, Granny Weatherwax's puny little kitten, You. Poor Greebo.

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* In this corner, Nanny Ogg's {{Badass}} Badass LoveableSexManiac cat, Greebo. In this corner, Granny Weatherwax's puny little kitten, You. Poor Greebo.



* Nanny Ogg just being [[CoolOldLady Nanny Ogg]] is pretty awesome at any time.

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* Nanny Ogg just being [[CoolOldLady Nanny Ogg]] is pretty awesome at any time.
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** Made more Awesome because, when Greebo realized that the kitten was there, You first sat down unconcernedly and washed her ears. Which alert readers of other Discworld books will be aware is a ''deadly insult'' in Cat.
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* Nanny Ogg just being [[CoolOldLady Nanny Ogg]] is pretty awesome at any time.
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** Yeah, the only other animal that's even slowed Greebo down before now was Mrs. Gogol's cockerel Legba.

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** Yeah, the only other animal that's animals that even slowed Greebo down before now was were Mrs. Gogol's cockerel Legba.Legba and a MamaBear vixen defending her kits.
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*** Notice how this correlates towards the relationships between witches. Mrs. Gogol and Nanny Ogg are about equal, though I would rank Nanny Ogg a bit higher. Granny Weatherwax, is..., well, she's Granny Weatherwax. So, You beats Greebo, but Greebo and Legba cannot eat each other.

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*** Notice how this correlates towards the relationships between witches. Mrs. Gogol and Nanny Ogg are about equal, though I would rank Nanny Ogg a bit higher. Granny Weatherwax, Weatherwax is..., well, she's Granny Weatherwax. So, You beats Greebo, but Greebo and Legba cannot eat beat each other.
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*** Notice how this correlates towards the relationships between witches. Mrs. Gogol and Nanny Ogg are about equal, though I would rank Nanny Ogg a bit higher. Granny Weatherwax, is..., well, she's Granny Weatherwax. So, You beats Greebo, but Greebo and Legba cannot eat each other.
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* Annagramma later gets one, scaring the trousers off a group of villagers by bursting onto the scene like a mad old crone out of hell (special effects courtesy of Boffo's Novelty & Joke Shop, No. 4, Tenth Egg Street, Ankh-Morpork, "If It's A Laugh...It's A Boffo!!!").

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* Annagramma later gets one, one of her own, scaring the trousers off a group of villagers by bursting onto the scene like a mad old crone out of hell (special effects courtesy of Boffo's Novelty & Joke Shop, No. 4, Tenth Egg Street, Ankh-Morpork, "If It's A Laugh...It's A Boffo!!!").Boffo!!!"), and blasting the Wintersmith (who's in a fake human body, threatening Tiffany) with a fireball.

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