To wonder how many of you have Terry Pratchett-related usernames?

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Come forward, all you Pratchett People!

See, I am a Nanny, so I was glad I grabbed the name. I don't have quite as many daughters-in-law unfortunately though.

#Ohhhhh, The hedgehog can never be buggered at all...#

Mine name is based on a TP character if that counts?

Speaking of hodgehegs, there's one in my garden right now!

I like Tony Robinson's reading, but the trouble is, all his versions on Audible are abridged - the unabridged ones are by Nigel Planer or Stephen Briggs (except for a couple of the Witches ones by Celia Imrie). I've got Monstrous Regiment and The Fifth Elephant so far, but I'm not too sure about Stephen Briggs' version of Vimes...

I can't tell you how comforting this thread is unlike the style ones where they tell you anything apart from glittery stiletto sandals is too frumpy. I'm going to stack up my Kindle for going on holiday now.

I got a Kindle for my birthday on Sundat - WIBU to get the Kindle versions, even though I have them all on paper?

Rusty! No, not a sin - any way you can read The Pratchett is A Good Thing. Just also buy the books, so He can get more royalties...

Never been to a TP convention but I have all his books. My intention is to one day write a book that has at least one sentence in that people will read and think "Oh, she reads TP!"

At the moment I'm focusing on teaching my 3 year old DD to say "I can't be doing with this"

Hello!!!! Here I am!!

Just add susurration Mrs Cosmopolite, everyone will know.

I follow your Way, you know. Apart from the It Won't Get Better If You Pick At It. At least, I know it won't but I do it anyway

Ahem.

I'm tapping my foot. Does anyone want the pointed stare as well.

I was Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme. If anyone has a problem with that, please feel free to come and discuss it with my Bjorn & Stronginthearm crossbow.

I feel so at home on this thread. I shall tell my in my imaginary life DH how much you all love him.

I love this thread - and in honour of it have gone for a name change.

Morning!

crystal were you a variation of the Bursar?

I remember someone was but haven't seen them for years now.

Does anyone else use Pratchettisms in real life? If either DH or I say bugger it, the other one quickly follws up with 'millennium hand and shrimp'. And, of course, if we go anywhere that has a dodgy looking burger van one of us will ask the other if they want a sausage inna bun.

I lent DH a few of my Discworld books when we first met. When he decided he loved them as much as I do I knew he was a keeper.

I use 'buggrit, buggrit millenium hand and shrimp a lot'. I also use crivens quite a lot, and ds has taught his friends to say crivens as well

I don't necessarily use Pratchettisms, but there is rarely a day goes by where I can't relate something in a book to something in real life.

We were quite recently having a discussion in a lecture (MSc level) with our super brainy tutor, talking about life cycles and how time appears to operate differently for different organisms. I started talking about Reaper Man where the mayflies are talking about having "...had proper sun in the good old hours. It were all yellow. None of this red stuff" whereas in contrast the trees were barely registering the passage of a year ('Wow. That was a sharp one.’/‘What was?’/‘That winter just then.’)

I've referred to TP so many times I think my tutor has taken up reading him!

I don't have a TP related name but am a fan (Foul Ole Ron is a favourite character of mine.) This year, I have listened to (in order) 24/40 Discworld books read by Nigel Planer. I hope to have listened to all 40 by this time next year.

In retirement, I hope to take on a Foul Ole Ron attitude to life which is something to look forward to, buggrit, buggrit millenium hand and shrimp!

What are the audio books like?

I have always resisted because I have a 'voice' in my head - especially with the Wee Free Men - that I don't know how I'd feel listening to a 'real' one.

Personally, I prefer the abridged Tony Robinson books to the full Nigel Planer ones. TR is a fantastic voice for the characters, and really captures them

Nope, far too silly. :)

MrsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig It's Burleigh and Stronginthearm, not Bjorn (unless there's a new partnership I know nothing about - you never can tell with dwarfs...)

Oh bollocks.

I'm sure these cigarettes are addling my brain.

It was quite late...