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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 29, 2026
  • "What shall I do?"
  • "Well, if you see anything crawl out of the sea and try to breathe, you could try telling it not to bother."

Rincewind and Eric at the Beginning of Time Terry Pratchett, Eric

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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 24, 2026
"Slave is an Ephebian word. In Om we have no word for slave," said Vorbis. "So I understand," said the Tyrant. "I imagine that fish have no word for water." Terry Pratchett, Small Gods #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 22, 2026
"It's got three keyboards and a hundred extra knobs, including twelve with '?' on them." The Unseen University Organ, as designed by B. S. Johnson Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 16, 2026
The Emperor had all the qualifications for a corpse except, as it were, the most vital one. Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 15, 2026
[...] Vimes's grin was as funny as the one that moves very fast towards drowning men. And has a fin on top. Terry Pratchett, Jingo #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 13, 2026
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett, Diggers #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 10, 2026
They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first. Terry Pratchett, Soul Music #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 05, 2026
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Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity. Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jul 02, 2026
"When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry." Terry Pratchett, Mort #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jun 28, 2026
SQUEAK. The Death of Rats Terry Pratchett, Small Gods #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jun 27, 2026
Something small and distant broke through the cloud layer, trailing shreds of vapour. In the stratospheric calm the sounds of bickering came sharp and clear. "You said you could fly one of these things!" "No I didn't; I just said *you* couldn't!" Rincewind and Twoflower attempt broomstick flying Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jun 20, 2026
"Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad." Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jun 15, 2026
  • "What're quantum mechanics?"
  • "I don't know. People who repair quantums, I suppose."

Terry Pratchett, Eric

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Terrybot @terrybot@mendeddrum.org · Jun 12, 2026
Oh dear, I'm feeling political today. It's just that it's dawned on me that 'zero tolerance' only seems to mean putting extra police in poor, run-down areas, and not in the Stock Exchange. Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett #GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld
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