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9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 2 replies · +2 points

If I'm banned, then so be it.

In spite of all of this, I've enjoyed myself here tremendously, and learned a lot. Thank you all for having me.

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 3 replies · +4 points

However, is anyone else disconcerted by the insinuation that, his "prisoners have rights" speech notwithstanding, Carrot used the time Pratchett conveniently skipped to beat up the palace guards? Apparently, beating someone who's already down (but "didn't resist much") is okay up to the moment you pronounce them to be under arrest. Or am I reading that wrong?

I would be, but from what we've seen, it kind of seems way out-of-character for either of them to have done so. Both Vimes and Carrot were very definite it being wrong to rough up the prisoners, so when it jumps from Carrot charging to Carrot picking up their unconscious bodies from the floor... I just can't picture either Carrot continuing to beat them while helpless, or Vimes countenancing it. I'd be very bothered by it if it happened, but I also can't see it happening. Maybe that's the joke?

On the other hand, 'resisting' arrest doesn't necessarily mean fighting; maybe they curled up into a ball and started screaming? Yeah, that's probably a stretch (though it's also probably what I would have done).

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 1 reply · +10 points

Damn it! Oh no - I mean - crap...

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 0 replies · +6 points

Nicely done. Very nicely done.

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 1 reply · +6 points

I never thought about that, but I think you're right.

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9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 3 replies · +29 points

Q: What is the sound of one nun clapping?

A: Hell if I know, there's like a million of 'em in here.

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 13 replies · +27 points

The hard part is calibrating a proper lie, because it's very easy to accidentally spoil someone by revealing an underlying assumption even in the midst of selling an otherwise complete lie. It has to be plausible enough to be believed, but by knowing in advance that something is a blatant lie, you inevitably tip off that the exact events as depicted did not actually occur. Even something as simple as stating that X decided to go to law school when he in fact went to clown college would reveal that not only X is still alive, but that he likely plays a significant role in the future.

So when I say that (Blatant Lies)...

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Please understand that I am in no way implying that any of those characters ever appears again, or plays any potential roles in any future storylines which may or may not even exist.

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 16 replies · +21 points

Would it help if we intentionally fed you disinformation until you couldn't remember which blatant lies your friend told versus the blatant lies you got from here?

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 0 replies · +25 points

Plus Nobby being suspiciously eager for his toasted figgin while doing the Nobbs shifty-eyes, and Carrot flexing his muscles as he polishes his armor. Maybe while whistling.

9 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Guards! Gu... · 1 reply · +23 points

You could cross into L-space, gather up all the nuns in the next dozen worlds, and it still wouldn't be enough.

I literally have noting to add because I can't concentrate what with all the nunning happening in my brain.

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