Comically Small Bribe: Difference between revisions

** In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'', Cosmo Lavish offers Moist von Lipwig ten thousand dollars in exchange for [[Mister Muffykins|Mr. Fusspot]], getting a rather indignant reaction. (Moist will get twice that per year just for ''not'' selling him, and that's without considering the associated contract with the Guild of Assassins.) [[Lampshade]]d later on during the scenes in which Cosmo talks with other Lavish relatives - he ''deliberately'' offered a Comically Small Bribe in an effort to get Moist to underestimate him.

** In ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' Glenda is able to get her way into the palace and see the ruler of the city by bribing the guards ''with pie''. This is a subversion, however, because A) Glenda is a [[Supreme Chef]] whose pies are fantastic and B) Lord Vetinari [[Magnificent Bastard|specifically instructed]] the guards to accept any and all bribes, no matter how small.