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Whatcha Readin' this week? Allow me to talk about "Feet of Clay", "Hogfather", and "Jingo", part of my Terry Pratchett reading project.
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Sunday Santana. This will get you struttin' about.
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Gods dammit!
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Our Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day, because do you need an excuse to start a war?
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Also, A Very Happy Year Of The Curious Squid to all who celebrate! 🦑 terrypratchett.com/discworld/20... #Jingo #Discworld
Let it be known: the year 2026 will be known as The Year Of The Curious Squid!
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Our Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day, because history is full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders, in the hope that they could soften the blow.
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Morella reviews 'Jingo,' the 21st Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. www.douxreviews.com/2025/10/jing... #discworld #terrypratchett #bookreview #jingo
No-one likes being told it's their lucky day. That sort of thing does not bode well. When someone tells you it's your lucky day, something bad is about to happen.
-from Jingo
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Our Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day, because taxation is very much like dairy farming
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Our Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day, because We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things!
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Our Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day, because The Voice of the People... It snarls
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“As every student of exploration knows, the prize goes not to the explorer who first sets foot upon the virgin soil but to the one who gets that foot home first. If it is still attached to his leg, this is a bonus.”
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“It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.”
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“No. Have you ever really watched him? I bet he’d found out everything about Jabbar by the time he’d talked to him for ten minutes. I bet he knows the name of every camel. And he’ll remember it all. People don’t take that much interest in other people, usually.” Her fingers idly traced a pattern in the sand. “So he makes you feel important.” “Politicians do that—” Vimes began. “Not the way he does, believe me. I expect Lord Vetinari remembers facts about people—” “Oh, you’d better believe that!” “—but Carrot takes an interest. He doesn’t even think about it. He makes space in his head for people. He takes an interest, and so people think they’re interesting. They feel…better when he’s around.”
-from Jingo
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“Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.”
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Re-reading Jingo after a 20ish year gap.
Nothing's really changed in round world has it?
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Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!
-Jingo
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As the Thunderbirds fly over practicing for the air show here in town it occurs to me that most Americans don’t care for the jingo of a military parade but damn do we love an air show. #jingo #airshow #jets #thunderbirds
“Look, sir, I know Angua. She's not the useless type. She doesn't stand there and scream helplessly. She makes other people do that.”
-Carrot Ironfounderson, Jingo
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“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
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"Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls."
-Sam Vimes, Jingo
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”Normally, these days, he treasured the moment of waking. It was when solutions presented themselves. He assumed bits of his brain came out at night and worked on the problems of the previous day, handing him the result just as he opened his eyes.”
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“Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.”
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“It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country,” he read. “This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.”
- Jingo
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“What for? We’re not at war with anyone. Hah! But we might go to war to keep some damn island that’s only useful in case we have to go to war, right?”
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The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.
-Jingo
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One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
-Jingo
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“That’s obvious. But you know what they say, lad. ‘Give a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, but set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.’ See my point?”
-Solid Jackson, Jingo
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“Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?"
"Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.”
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