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#31 by: BrokenTune date: 7 years ago discussions stats

But Granny is a devout tea drinker!

#32 by: Murder by Death date: 7 years ago discussions stats

Very true. Don't mind me - a certain fur ball decided to do his 3.30am arias last night and I've been in the last stages of a cold-that-won't-go so I was NOT amused. And I'm super cranky today. Although so is he because he might have gotten tossed out in the rain at 5.30 for a few minutes. So we're even. :P

;)

#33 by: BrokenTune date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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Sounds like you may need more tea! ;D

#34 by: Portable Magic date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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So Gaiman's American Gods is also a tribute?

#35 by: BrokenTune date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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I don't know. However, I can't believe that Adams should have been the first to come up with the concept.

#36 by: Tannat date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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I may have lol'd at Wasabi getting tossed out into the rain...

#37 by: Murder by Death date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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Took everything I had, even though I was so *pissed* at him, not to run out immediately and get him. But I gave up getting any sleep about 15 mins later and needed to make some peppermint/thyme tea, which meant going out to the garden... so I went and got him back inside before he was too miserable, just slightly damp.

As for the Hogfather - does anybody else's edition use both $ and pence in the first "Dear Hogfather" note (which in my edition is page 50)? Is this on purpose, or just a really big typo?

#38 by: BrokenTune date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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The kindle edition has this, too.

#39 by: XOX date: 7 years ago discussions stats

"However far you ran away, you always caught yourself up." -- Susan, page 16.

#40 by: isanythingopen date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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I read it and didn't even notice. Maybe Igor gets his liquor from the US and the condiments from the UK?

#41 by: Themis-Athena's Garden of Books date: 7 years ago discussions stats

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Discworld has several currencies -- of which the Ankh-Morpork money (which is the relevant currency for this novel) does come in units of dollars and pence:

https://dwwiki.mooo.com/wiki/Currency