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"#782.55: The Number of the Beast + VAT @ 17.5%"

# 53.28  The National Insurance contribution of the Beast
#159.84  The PAYE of the Beast
=======
#452.88   The take-home pay of the Beast

DaveP


Rincewind on Twoflower: "Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos
was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm
wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'".

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From: tao@ginger.princeton.edu (Terry Tao)
Subject: Re: Chocolate covered Good Omens
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:16:17 GMT

There is an old joke about heaven and hell:

in heaven: the English are the Policemen, the Germans make the cars, the French
are the lovers, and the Italians are the cooks.

in hell: the English are the cooks, the Germans are the lovers, the French make the cars, and the Italians are the Policemen.

or something like that anyway...
From: jmorris@spider.co.uk (John Morris)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: test
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:49:14 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

In article <1992Sep30.160355.4906@csd.brispoly.ac.uk> Fox@csd.brispoly.ac.uk writes:
>Oh hell, I'm still in emacs and can't escape
                       ^^^^^
Is this the disreputable part of the Shades?

John.


-- 
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Subject: Re: Spoilers + Discomputers
From: system@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall)
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 07:59:40 NZDST
Organization: The Code Works Limited, PO Box 10-155, Auckland, New Zealand

erhellfr@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Edgar Hellfritsch) writes:

> J.M.A.Gilman@newcastle.ac.uk (J.M.A. Gilman) writes:
> 
> 
> >        Reaperman:  When Death is talking to Miss Flitworth, he says        
> >something like "gods never weep." (near end of the book, r.e. the
> >big diamond - 'tear of a god') : BUT .....
> 
> >        Correction ; Try John's Gospel, chapter 11, verse 35.        
> 
> >        It says : "Jesus wept."  
> 
> Well I really don't want to start off any theological dispute in this
Too late.
> newsgroup, but isn't Jesus commonly reckognized as human, even if
> having a divine parent? Isn't the becoming-flesh-and-blood-part the
> pun of all the Jesus story, so that the "Jesus wept" citation merely
> is to show his being _human_ (and _not_ divine)?
> 
> "Ecce homo", behold the man, that's what I tell you, my son.
> Allelujah!
> 
> Viele Gruesse,
> no-i'm-definitly-not-a-religious-fanatic-just-being-mr-wiseguy-edgar.
> 
I think that the great incarnational mystery was that Jesus was both 
truly God and truly human fully and completely and simultaneously. Some 
would argue this is a paradox (and they tend to argue with me, who 
doesn't believe that anything that is paradoxical is true) but still 
true. But if it isn't true (even paradoxically true), then you lose great 
theological truths and run into heresies (thwack).

Sorry to take up your valuable space. I won't mention this topic again, 
as long as no one else does.


Cheers,

Wayne McDougall
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From: wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David Wald)
Subject: Re: RE: NOT NOT the "Good Omens" sequel
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:38:53 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.121431.15185@NeoSoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com
(Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <138500002@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com> mark@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com
>(Mark Bailey) writes:
>> 777: The Permissions of the Beast
>
>No, no, no, 666 is Permissions of the Beast. Try making a directory
>666 mode some time and see what happens. :->

I did this once, and crashed a bit of local system software; "No one
will ever create a directory they can't read."

-David
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             -- Matt 5:9, from a faulty QuickVerse 2.0
============================================================================
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From: fishhook@sage.cc.purdue.edu (steven freeman)
Subject: unreal estate
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 20:54:04 GMT

TWOFLOWER- This is FISHHOOK. I can't get into UE. Telnet Keeps refusing Acess    whats up? mail me at fishhook@sage.cc.purdue.edu

Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
From: woodhams@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael Woodhams)
Subject: Gormenghast and Pyramids
Summary: More silly comparisons of DW with literature
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University Observatory
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 23:35:15 GMT


I've been rereading all the DW books recently, and I've noticed some
interesting parallels between Pyramids and Gormenghast. The country of
Djelibeybi (spelling?) and Gormenghast are isolated from the world
(although Djelibeybi less so than Gormenghast), are very bound in an
extremely long history of tradition, and have a very hide-bound
arbiters of tradition who are almost (or more) powerful than the
actual ruler. Pteppic's and Titus's mothers both have/had cat
obsessions, and most strikingly,

*******VERY MINOR PYRAMIDS SPOILER*******

Pteppic's father dies because he thinks he is a seagull, and Titus's
father dies because he thinks he is an owl.

*******END OF MINOR SPOILER********

We also know that Pterry has read/knows of Gormenghast, because in
another book, he says that Gormenghast is like a garden shed compared
to the Unseen University.

Off the subject: there is another pseudo-latin quote in Pyramids that
I don't remember seeing in the lists of these. It was a motto of the
assassins, and translated as something like "No killing without pay."
From: spencer@flower.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Cripple Mr Onion
Date: 28 Sep 92 04:10:12 GMT
Reply-To: spencer@phoenix.princeton.edu (S. Spencer Sun)
Organization: Live Organ Transplants

With all this discussion about obscure rules and complicated modifiers
in Cripple Mr Onion, I am forced to strike a balance here between my two
favorite comedy authors, Pratchett and Asprin.  I would caution those
drawing up rules for CMO to be sure it doesn't turn into a blatant
ripoff of Dragon Poker in the Myth series...

----------- The opinions expressed in this article are solely mine. -----------
<Insert lame attempt at disclaimer humor>
sss/PU'94 Dept of CS (spencer@phoenix.princeton.edu)/JvNCnet (spencer@jvnc.net)
"I'm nice... He's nice... and we're both f---ing lunatics.  Can I
come in please?"
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From: mausf@warwick.ac.uk (Simon Marsh)
Subject: Re: Chocolate covered Good Omens
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:30:49 GMT

In article <28SEP92.22789331.0085@VM1.MCGILL.CA> BFRJ@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (BFRJ) writes:
>I have no idea whether or not it is only playing in Canada, but there
>is a Kit Kat chocolate bar commercial on the TV these days which seems
>to have been written by someone who just finished reading Good Omens.
>
>It involved an angel and a devil (how original...) who are just starting
>their respective coffee breaks. Both exit from separate elevators, the
>angel accompanied by several pure-white animals, while the devil turns
>back into his and screams "Shut up!" (in a British accent no less...)
>to whatever demons are causing a ruckus behind him.
>
>Both seem to be well acquainted with each other if not actually on
>friendly terms.
>
>Perhaps it might not seem too much like GO to you (but then just maybe
>it does...) but we don't get many commercials with British accents here
>and that combined with the two angels portrayed as workers made a few
>of my sleeping recognition neurons stir for a while.
>
>Anyone else?
>
>Paul

This was an ad in the uk ages ago. Long before GO was brought out, and
probably before it was even thought of.

Sorry, but its just an another ad thats been ported across countries.

Simon Marsh

S.J.Marsh@csv.warwick.ac.uk
mausf@csv.warwick.ac.uk
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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Gormenghast and Pyramids
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:58:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.233515.27199@Princeton.EDU> woodhams@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael Woodhams) writes:
> Off the subject: there is another pseudo-latin quote in Pyramids that
> I don't remember seeing in the lists of these. It was a motto of the
> assassins, and translated as something like "No killing without pay."

Nil Mortifi Sin Lucre.

One of the less mangled bits of Latin in the books, actually.

I'm waiting for Pterry to have a train station named "Terminus Est".
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
 `-_-'   "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
  'U`
From: veintie@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Ari Veintie)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: FinnCon93
Summary: Are you still there, Terry?
Keywords: sf convention goh finland
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:41:24 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

An sf convention in Finland next year with Terry Pratchett as a GoH has
been mentioned earlier in this group. The information is correct.

What information? I asked myself and had to re-boot.

Exactly: More info about the con (site, programme, other guests etc)
will be posted at least in rec.arts.sf.fandom when some rather important
facts have been confirmed.

If you have any questions (or suggestions) for the convention committee,
please e-mail me.

And if you happen to recognize yourself as Terry Pratchett, please
e-mail me whether you have any questions or not (I seem to have mailed a
few pages of stuff recently into a data hole so deep it doesnt echo
error messages back).
-- 
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From: bena@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Ben Aveling)
Subject: Re: Chocolate covered Good Omens
Organization: Monash University General Access Unix
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 07:33:00 GMT

As part of EuroStandardization, it was decided that there
would be a standard number of Condoms in each packet.
Naturally everyone had a different idea of how many
condoms there should be.

The French wanted 6, Monday, Tuesday Wednesday ... Saturday.
The Italians wanted 8, Monday Tuesday .. Saturday plus Twice
on Sunday.  The British wanted Twelve.  January February...

Ben
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From: mwlucas@vela.acs.oakland.edu (The Panicked Hamster)
Subject: Re: Cripple Mr Onion
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 13:28:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.175828.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Inherit the Elmo) writes:
>	Which was itself a ripoff of Fizbin from Star Trek: A Piece of the
>Action.
>	Where or not conditional-rules games originated _there_, I cannot say.
>I haven't seen any verifiably earlier ones, though.

	The idea of a variable-rules-to-rip-off-the-suckers game has been
around for centuries.  I found a variant on this in an early-20th century
western (it's amazing what you come across when wandering amongst the back
shelves at the library!).

	I'm afraid this is one of the classic jokes.  The only way this is
even funny anymore is in the performance/execution of the gag.  Pratchett
carries it off pretty well, IMHO, by making it an aside rather than a major
plot device.

-- 
Michael Lucas				mwlucas@vela.acs.oakland.edu
Doom?

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From: thompsmr@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Thompson)
Subject: Re: Reaper Man and Aliens
Organization: Aston University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 13:29:22 GMT

clement@arp.anu.edu.au (CJ Canon) writes:
: 
: In article <BIGFOOT.92Oct3033811@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz>, bigfoot@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Campbell March) writes:
: |> 
: |> I was looking through Reaper Man the other day, and realised that there are
: |> quite a few analogies between when the wizards go into the Baskets' lair and
: |> the movie Aliens:

	Well, Terry is a little bit of a film fan, as readers of Moving Pictures
will realise, so it wouldn't surprise me at all. There are also parodys of
Jaws and the Dirty Harry movies in Guards, Guards, so there may well be many 
others sprinkled around.
	I happen to know (from hearing Terry speak) that one of his favourite
moments in film is at the end of Sergio Leone's For A Few Dollars More, where
Lee Van Cleef and the nasty bad guy are waiting for the musical watch to
finish playing before drawing their guns, so look out for a parody of that
somewhere.


-- 
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|   Mark Thompson, Aston Uni, Dept. Elec. Eng   ThompsonMR@uk.ac.aston.spock  |
|         "PC Owner?",'Yes',"Good. Line on the left, one cross each."         |
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From: roger@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (roger.s.tait..jr)
Subject: Re: NOT the "Good Omens" sequel
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:08:58 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc

In article <1992Sep24.211511.9995@spider.research.ptt.nl>, m.m.l.kuunders@research.ptt.nl (Martien Kuunders) writes:
> In article <1992Sep23.162427.24824@Princeton.EDU> tao@ginger.princeton.edu (Terry Tao) writes:
> >In article <1992Sep22.195631.23723@spider.research.ptt.nl>, m.m.l.kuunders@research.ptt.nl (Martien Kuunders) writes:
> >|> In article <19na15INNaa1@bigboote.WPI.EDU> sauron@ascoli.WPI.EDU (Amy Rich) writes:
> >|> >In article <1992Sep22.122208.16515@news.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE> k206027@smog.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (ce) writes:
> >|> >>In article <1992Sep22.102223.28797@spider.co.uk> jmorris@spider.co.uk (John Morris) writes:
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)>> [stuff about "668: neighbor of the beast" deleted]
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)>"555: The Timer of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)"123: The Spreadsheet of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)"888: The Teletext Subtitle Page of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)"999: The number of the Pigs"   (911 for Yanks etc.)
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)"747: The Jumbo of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)"'086: The cpu of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>:)"Z88: The Laptop of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>>"000: The number of the least"
> >|> >>>>>>>>>"$6.65:  The Bargain of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>>>> "501: The Levis of the Beast"
> >|> >>>>>$9.95: The Bargain of the Beast
> >|> >>>>US 66:  Route of the Beast
> >|> >>>7:45: The train of the Beast (calling at all stations)
> >|> >>667: The Guy who Lives Across the Street From the Beast
> >|> >1969: Summer of the Beast
> >|> 007: License of the Beast
> >626: The mazda of the Beast
> 42: The Answer of the Beast
98 \(dg F : The Temperature of the Yeast

-- 
-----------------
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att!hoqax!roger
AT&T Bell Labs Publications Center      Holmdel, NJ
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From: nudnik@camelot.bradley.edu (Steven Parks)
Subject: Re: The Superior Person's Little Book of Words
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 29 Sep 92 04:07:30 GMT

In <a furball-ladden bed of sand> jmm25@po.CWRU.Edu (someone who read the 
     previous post) writes:

>@!@#$!@!!!!!!!
>I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF A CAT NAMED MERKIN!!!!!!!!!!!

here, pussy pussy pussy!!!    ;)
--
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E-Mail:  nudnik@camelot.bradley.edu    or    nudnik@buhub.bradley.edu
From: BFRJ@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (BFRJ)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Chocolate covered Good Omens
Date: 29 Sep 92 02:06:04 GMT
Organization: McGill University

I have no idea whether or not it is only playing in Canada, but there
is a Kit Kat chocolate bar commercial on the TV these days which seems
to have been written by someone who just finished reading Good Omens.

It involved an angel and a devil (how original...) who are just starting
their respective coffee breaks. Both exit from separate elevators, the
angel accompanied by several pure-white animals, while the devil turns
back into his and screams "Shut up!" (in a British accent no less...)
to whatever demons are causing a ruckus behind him.

Both seem to be well acquainted with each other if not actually on
friendly terms.

Perhaps it might not seem too much like GO to you (but then just maybe
it does...) but we don't get many commercials with British accents here
and that combined with the two angels portrayed as workers made a few
of my sleeping recognition neurons stir for a while.

Anyone else?

Paul
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
From: clement@arp.anu.edu.au (CJ Canon)
Subject: Re: Reaper Man and Aliens
Organization: Centre for Information Science Research, ANU, Canberra, Australia
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 06:57:40 GMT


In article <BIGFOOT.92Oct3033811@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz>, bigfoot@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Campbell March) writes:
|> 
|> I was looking through Reaper Man the other day, and realised that there are
|> quite a few analogies between when the wizards go into the Baskets' lair and
|> the movie Aliens:
|> 
|> Several of the wizards match characters from the movie: the Archchancellor is
|> a hick from the country, and takes command... like Corporal Hicks.   The
|> Lecturer in Recent Runes has quite a lot of Bishop-type actions, and the Dean
|> is a definate goer for Hudson when he goes wild.
|> 
|> The ArchC says 'I want wild, uncontrolled bursts' (from memory) whereas Hicks
|> said 'I want short, controlled bursts'
|> 
|> 'We don't leave our people in there'
|> 'It must be something we haven't seen yet'
|> 


It seems that Reaper Man has half in common with Alien{s}, and
another half in common with The Wizard of Oz. viz:


	Windle Poons			==>	Dorothy
	
	Lupine				==>	Toto

	Arthur (Count Notfarout)	==>	Scarecrow (?)

	Schleppel (bogeyman)		==>	Lion
	
	(dammit_who_was_the_other_one>) ==>	Tin man



Got that one Leo?


-- 
   Internet: clement@arp.anu.edu.au

         `"Nil mortifi, sine lucre" - "No killing without payment".
          And don't forget to give a receipt !'
					Terry Pratchett, "Pyramids"
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From: tao@fine.princeton.edu (Terry Tao)
Subject: Cripple Mr Onion
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: alt.fan.pratchett
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 23:37:33 GMT

A couple of rules in the game that Andrew posted up are debatable, so I
thought we should bring them to your attention.

They all concern the modifiers.  The original game is quite playable and
has no faults, but some of the modifiers have problems.

First of all, the rules as stated say that if the first person lays down
his hand, and the next person beats it, the the first person has a chance
to reform his hand.  This has the small problem that the game could
technically go on forever, with everybody reforming their hands, but also
takes out the "sucker" element of the game: "I didn't know a three-card
flush beat a ...", etc.  However, as some modifiers (Fate, the Lady,
Bel-Shamharoth, Death) do devalue hands, perhaps after these have been
played, the people whose hands are affected have a chance to reform once.

Also, if one prefers, if two combinations tie, the one with fewer wild
cards loses.  The only problem with this is that it takes away a bit the
prerogative of the dealer to win tied hands, and the game traditionally has
a bias toward the dealer (unless Weatherwax is playing).

Finally, as some special cards are declared before any hands are played,
to prevent someone laying down his lesser Onion in a hurry before anyone
can play the "Fool", there should be a round before showdown where the
dealer asks if any special cards (at this stage, only the Fool and possiblt
Bel-Shamharoth) are to be used.

Terry
 
 
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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: RE: NOT NOT the "Good Omens" sequel
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 12:14:31 GMT

In article <138500002@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com> mark@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com (Mark Bailey) writes:
> 777: The Permissions of the Beast

No, no, no, 666 is Permissions of the Beast. Try making a directory 666 mode
some time and see what happens. :->
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
 `-_-'   "Segodnja volka obnimal?"
  'U`  
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From: woodhams@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael Woodhams)
Subject: Re: Gormenghast and Pyramids
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University Observatory
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 03:10:18 GMT

In article <BvCM07.CJI@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk> ssuhouns@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk writes:
>In article 27199@Princeton.EDU, woodhams@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael Woodhams) writes:
>>
>>I've been rereading all the DW books recently, and I've noticed some
>>interesting parallels between Pyramids and Gormenghast. The country of
>
>I can't think of any, but then that's 'cos Pyramids is *READABLE*.
>

A two screen review of the Gormenghast trilogy follows, with one
obligatory mention of Pterry.

If I had to name the greatest book ever written, I'm not sure that
Gormenghast would be the winner, but it would be the first that came
to mind. However, I can definitely see that it is not for everybody,
and I can respect the opinion of anyone who was bored to death with
it. Mervyn Peake wrote three books in the series, Titus Groan,
Gormenghast and Titus Alone. They defy any classification into genre.
Most commonly they are defined as Gothic, due (presumably) to the
setting in an ancient castle, but the supernatural and medieval
elements of a gothic novel are not present. (But if you want a real
gothic novel, try The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole.) The most
outstanding achievement of the books in my opinion is the atmosphere
that Peake creates, of decay, ancient history, and unchanging ritual.
This is precisely the atmosphere that pervades Djelibeybi in Pyramids,
although IMAO, Pterry does not give it the stifling, overwhelming
weight that Peake does. It is like the atmosphere you remember from
primary school at the end of a rainy day, except the class lasts only
a day, but Gormenghast lasts generations. There are many subplots,
populated by characters that have all become at least a little
unbalanced by the atmosphere of Gormenghast. Titus, the hero of the
the last two books, is the most sane person of all of them, and
struggles to survive in a world where only the insane can florish.
The books are pervaded by a subtle humour, that in combination with
the depressing atmosphere leaves you wondering whether to commit
suicide or laugh, and probably ends up with you trying to chuckle
while hanging yourself. (Michael Morcock reviewed them (very
favourable) and regarded them as light comedy. I had to check that we
had been reading the same books. He also (in the same book as the
Gormenghast reviews) said of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings,
"Anyone who hates hobbits can't be all bad.")

The books are heavy going, comparable to the later parts of The
Silmarillion by Tolkien, and easier than the mythology parts at the
beginning of that book. I could not finish Frankenstein, so at least in
my experience, the Gormenghast books are an easier read.
From: johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Re : Celibacy and Wizards
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:31:07 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <BuIHL8.MJw@csc.liv.ac.uk>, Mortuarius the Extremely Violent writes:
>
>A wizard's staff has a knob on the end,
>       [ . . . . . ]
>
>Any more verses people can suggest?


Unfortunately, the suggested words do not include one of the known fragments,
something to the effect of "..long and it's round, and weighs three to the pound"
-- 
John Francis                                johnf@apollo.hp.com
Seen passing on the net:  Spotted Owl - the *other* white meat!
From: davep@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com (Dave Porter)
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 15:23:37 GMT
Subject: Re: New TP book?
Organization: HP Response Centre, Berkshire, England.