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One of the minor laws of the narrative universe is that any homely featured man who has, for some reason, to disguise himself as a woman will apparently become attractive to some otherwise perfectly sane men with, as the ancient scrolls say, hilarious results.
In this case the laws were fighting against the fact of Corporal Nobby Nobbs, and gave up. }}
** For added hilarity, Nobby soon realised that he could utilize his newly obtained feminine wiles to obtain food and a fully functioning flying carpet from the enemy force -- iforce—i.e. he told the Klatchian quarter master that he would take off his clothes and scream, unless given food.
* Lord Vetinari, under arrest for treason, asks if it's possible to be dragged through the streets in chains on a hurdle. Nobby reports from the sports shop that they don't have hurdles but they do have a small trampoline. Lord Vetinari bouncing up and down maintaining a perfectly deadpan expression...
** Also, the rather offhand comment that maybe they should get some manacles, in case this happens again.
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