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Who's wearing the lilac tomorrow?

120 replies

HavelockVetinari · 24/05/2019 17:57

It's the Glorious 25th May: Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably priced love! And a hard-boiled egg.

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Bromeliad · 24/05/2019 19:20

See how they rise up...

IncyWincyGrownUp · 24/05/2019 19:25

Pro I used to do that. Then it got lost. I’m pondering having a look for a new one.

#GNUTerryPratchett
#42

RatOnnaStick · 24/05/2019 19:25

I'm sure there was a lilac once? Maybe just the first year.

Ginsodden · 24/05/2019 19:26

A lilac towel! Pratchett and Adams in one 😍

NomDeQwerty · 24/05/2019 19:29

The very last of mine.
It's brown round the edges but it's still lilac.
Well white lilac.
The lilac lilac is all gone.

milleniumhandandprawn · 24/05/2019 19:32

Awwww May 25th already?!
Discworld WAS my teens (and twenties to be fair)!

PerspicaciaTick · 24/05/2019 19:35

We're driving through Wincanton tomorrow and I'm thinking of making a pilgrimage to the Ankh Morpork consulate as a mark of respect and remembrance.

mbosnz · 24/05/2019 19:37

I knew someone who went by Gaspotewod once. She was absolutely barking.

Isthisnecessary · 24/05/2019 19:39

..I don't know if it helps, but Good Omens will be on Prime at the end of the month...David Tennant is in it and the trailer looks brilliant.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 24/05/2019 19:40

I'm worried (obviously) about global warming, the lilac here has been out for over a week.
GNU Pterry. Flowers

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 24/05/2019 19:46

I'm volunteering at parkrun tomorrow so will wear my volunteer t-shirt, which is lilac. Actually, this has decided me to go back to my favourite username again.

leckford · 24/05/2019 19:52

Love the late Sir TP my favourite is Going Postal and love Gaspode. sir T lived near Salisbury and I believe helped create the Chalke Valley History Festival which is a total eccentric delight which I will be visiting in June

Soov567 · 24/05/2019 19:57
Flowers
TheMonaOgg · 24/05/2019 19:57

A lilac towel - perfect 🥚

#GNUTerryPratchett
#AlwaysKnowWhereYourTowelIs

Notmymonkeys · 24/05/2019 20:03

I had the pleasure of introducing ds1 (7) to pratchett over Christmas (and his class teacher thoroughly approved). Dragons at crumbling castle for our bedtime reading tomorrow methinks.

TitianaTitsling · 24/05/2019 20:12

Buggerrit Millennium Hand and shrimp!!! #seehowtheyriseup l♥️SamVines!

TitianaTitsling · 24/05/2019 20:14

leckford me too! They've actually made me less ick at the Moist word!

Pascha · 24/05/2019 20:27

Mnhq did turn all the flowers lilac for a few days in May 2015.

Who's wearing the lilac tomorrow?
TreadingThePrimrosePath · 24/05/2019 20:31

Me. My dwarf lilac is still flowering profusely. Love the ending ‘Don’t you dare!’

CarcerDun · 24/05/2019 20:45

@mbosnz that makes me a psychopath! I would have preferred Adorabelle Dearheart but someone else got there first.

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 24/05/2019 20:46

I shall be wearing my lilac pin
discworld.com/products/pin-badges/
And probably thinking a little too much about lost friends and past times. Strange how these books can be so funny and so very poignant all at once.

Nagsnovalballs · 24/05/2019 20:49

No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away....
That’s why the lilac is important - remembering Sir Pterry

AdoraBell · 24/05/2019 20:49

I’ll be proudly brandishing lilac.

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 24/05/2019 20:50

I have a gorgeous lilac pin badge that Inhave worn all month.

I first discovered Sir PTerry when I was in my teens and I found The Colour of Magic in the library. I am now in my late forties and still quote him most days. For years I was devoted to the witches (and still am - I want to be Granny Weatherwax when I grow up) and then my brother suggested the Guards books. I bloody adore Sam Vimes.

NewAndImprovedNorks · 24/05/2019 21:09

My people!

Ok, sleeptime audiobook tonight is sorted...