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* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably priced love! And a hardboiled egg. Because Vimes won't be finding truth, freedom nor justice by the next morning, but he might just be able to eat a hardboiled egg. {{spoiler|He isn't.}} |
* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably priced love! And a hardboiled egg. Because Vimes won't be finding truth, freedom nor justice by the next morning, but he might just be able to eat a hardboiled egg. {{spoiler|He isn't.}} |
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* [[The Artful Dodger]]: Young Nobby. |
* [[The Artful Dodger]]: Young Nobby. |
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* [[Banana In the Tailpipe]]: Well, cars do not exist on Discworld, but you can create quite a bit of havoc with oxen and a handful of fresh ginger... |
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** Which combines with a [[Brick Joke]] and [[Truth in Television]]. A jade is a worn out, tired horse. To sell it, you make it look more youthful and lively. To do that, you fleague it. What you do is shove a bit of ginger in its keister, which makes it a little antsy. If you've ever heard the saying "gingering things up" i.e. make them go a bit faster, you have the rough idea already. |
** Which combines with a [[Brick Joke]] and [[Truth in Television]]. A jade is a worn out, tired horse. To sell it, you make it look more youthful and lively. To do that, you fleague it. What you do is shove a bit of ginger in its keister, which makes it a little antsy. If you've ever heard the saying "gingering things up" i.e. make them go a bit faster, you have the rough idea already. |
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* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Vimes pulls this well enough to make Moist von Lipwig weep. First he talks himself into becoming Sergeant-At-Arms to his superior. Then later, using this and a combination of [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] and [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], he manages to get one up on ''[[Secret Police|Unmentionables]]''. |
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Vimes pulls this well enough to make Moist von Lipwig weep. First he talks himself into becoming Sergeant-At-Arms to his superior. Then later, using this and a combination of [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] and [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], he manages to get one up on ''[[Secret Police|Unmentionables]]''. |
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