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dasus t1_iv2r5hh wrote

Oh, one more;

>“And, er, these stories about you..."

>"Oh, all true. Most of them. A bit of exaggeration, but mostly true."

>"The one about the Citadel in Muntab and the Pash and the fish bone?"

>"Oh, yes."

>"But how did you get in where half a dozen armed and trained men couldn't even - ?"

>"I am a little man and I carry a broom," said Lu-Tze simply. "Everyone has some mess that needs clearing up. What harm is a man with a broom?"

>"What? And that was it?"

>"Well, the rest was a matter of cookery, really. The Pash was not a good man, but he was a glutton for his fish pie."

>"No martial arts?" said Lobsang.

>"Oh, always a last resort. History needs shepherds, not butchers."

>"Do you know okidoki?"

>"Just a lot of bunny-hops."

>"Shittake?"

>"If I wanted to thrust my hand into hot sand I would go to the seaside."

>"Upsidazi?"

>"A waste of good bricks."

>"No kando?"

>"You made that one up.”

― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

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