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*** In British English, an Agony Aunt is an advice columnist. |
*** In British English, an Agony Aunt is an advice columnist. |
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*** If you swap Dotsie and Sadie around and drop the "ie" you get Sad-Dots or Sadists. |
*** If you swap Dotsie and Sadie around and drop the "ie" you get Sad-Dots or Sadists. |
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** Might be overthinking, but in ''[[Thud]]!'', Mr. Shine is a {{spoiler|troll made of diamond, making him the troll king by their ancient mythology}}, spoilered for convenience. It would be surprising if Pterry meant this one, but would that make him {{spoiler|King Diamond}}? |
** Might be overthinking, but in ''[[Thud!]]!'', Mr. Shine is a {{spoiler|troll made of diamond, making him the troll king by their ancient mythology}}, spoilered for convenience. It would be surprising if Pterry meant this one, but would that make him {{spoiler|King Diamond}}? |
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** Another absolute genius [[Late to the Punchline]] turns up in ''[[Thief of Time]]''. The whole way through the book it is emphasized that Susan hates nougat. The book finishes with her eating a chocolate privately in the closet. The chocolate turned out (to her dismay) to be nougat. She is then interrupted {{spoiler|when Lobsang arrives. They kiss}} and the book closes with "Even with Nougat, you can have a perfect moment." This line doubles in Heartwarming when you remember {{spoiler|what Lobsang was called before he joined the History Monks' clan; Newgate Ludd.}} |
** Another absolute genius [[Late to the Punchline]] turns up in ''[[Thief of Time]]''. The whole way through the book it is emphasized that Susan hates nougat. The book finishes with her eating a chocolate privately in the closet. The chocolate turned out (to her dismay) to be nougat. She is then interrupted {{spoiler|when Lobsang arrives. They kiss}} and the book closes with "Even with Nougat, you can have a perfect moment." This line doubles in Heartwarming when you remember {{spoiler|what Lobsang was called before he joined the History Monks' clan; Newgate Ludd.}} |
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** In ''[[Unseen Academicals]]'', a girl calls Glenda "the leftover queen", then thinks it might be taken insultingly and explains she meant that Glenda was very good at cooking with leftovers. Why would someone not like to be called the leftover queen? Because in [[Most Common Card Game|the card game]], the left-over queen is the Old Maid. |
** In ''[[Unseen Academicals]]'', a girl calls Glenda "the leftover queen", then thinks it might be taken insultingly and explains she meant that Glenda was very good at cooking with leftovers. Why would someone not like to be called the leftover queen? Because in [[Most Common Card Game|the card game]], the left-over queen is the Old Maid. |
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