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== Thought on what the Two Meanings of Snuff the title refers to: ==
Well, first, obviously, it refers to snuffing out life. It's a watch book for Brutha's sake. Secondly, it refers to snuff as in snuff cocaine. It's a book about drug wars mayhaps?
* Or perhaps it's about Vimes' aging... not longer feeling "up to snuff" as it were. Or perhaps it refers to Angua's method of snuffing out clues. Or [[Discworld
** I suspect that one of the meanings involves Angua, given that, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2009/dec/18/terry-pratchett-discworld-guardian-club in a recent interview], Pratchett declared (to much audience cheering) that it is high time for Carrot and Angua to finally marry.
* It could also refer to Snuff tobacco. Possibly Vimes switches to it from cigars. Maybe Sybil won't let him smoke in the house because of their son?
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* "Snuff", being a monosyllabic word beginning with S, sounds a bit like a troll drug.
* Anyone read I Shall Wear Midnight? Mrs. Proust uses snuff,copiously. And she's an Ankh-Morporkian witch who is fairly familiar with the Watch - particularly Angua (could tie in with above **)
* Perhaps this book will follow up on the "extreme sneezing" Vetinari mentioned in ''[[Discworld
* The cover shows Vimes on a boat, with a small hourglass next to him (Also, some chickens). So lets hope that the "snuffing out life" part wont be true.
* Pratchett has said the word has two meanings in regard to the book. Having now read it, I think the meanings are (1) to the tobacco/snuff smuggling trade that Vetinari sent Vimes on his "vacation" to investigate, and (2) the casual snuffing of goblins that attended said snuff smuggling.
== [[Discworld
[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150164885760025&set=a.414453865024.181790.43413980024&type=1&ref=nf Chickens on a boat.] That is all.
* I'd leave it up to Pratchett to make it into a philosphical question. Like "Why did the Chicken cross the road?", complete with bafflement and misunderstandings by the cast. And then have it be sybolic of the plot somhow, because as we all know, the Chicken crossed the road to see what was on The Other Side.
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