Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett -- The Autograph Book

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Date Posted: 19:15:38 07/25/02 Thu
Author: Tarn
Subject: Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett

Excerpt from pg. 130

He'd been used to masters who, despite doing wonderful handstands on the edge of the mental catastrophe curve, couldn't put their own trousers on without a map. Like all Igors, he'd learned how to deal with them. In truth, it wasn't a difficult job (although sometimes you had to work the graveyard shift) and once you got them settled into their routine you could get on with your own work and they wouldn't bother you until the lightening rod needed raising.
It wasn't like that with Jeremy. He was truly a man you could set your watch by. Igor had never seen a life so organized, so slimmed down, so timed. He found himself thinking of his new master as the tick-tock man.
One of Igor's former masters had made a tick-tock man, all levers and gearwheels and cranks and clockwork. Instead of a brain, it had a long tape punched with holes. Instead of a heart, it had a big spring. Provided everything in the kitchen was very carefully positioned, the thing could sweep the floor and make a passable cup of tea. If everything wasn't carefully positioned, or if the ticking, clicking thing hit an unexpected bump, then it'd strip the plaster off the walls and make a furious cup of cat.

Now, go buy the book for more hilarity, but you may want to read the entire Discworld Series from it's beginning. Start with The Colour of Magic and then The Light Fantastic and then shoot me a message and I can guide you to rest of the books in the order they were written.

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The Color of Magic is already on my To Get list. (NT) -- mo, 00:54:03 07/26/02 Fri
I'm on The Truth right now, and I have yet to buy Thief of Time. -- Mugs, 05:23:38 07/26/02 Fri
LOL @ the Igors! -- Phlegmmy, 10:26:39 07/26/02 Fri