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"If any man is not free, then I, too, am a small pie made of chicken." -unknown (but if u find out please tell)

What do u make of this quote????
Any others like it???? please share!

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It is from Terry Prachett's "Going Postal" a novel in his Discworld series.


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Aye, Terry Pratchett is full of witty one-liners. Good call on the quote.

One of my fav books in the series 'Carpe Jugulum', or what was the one about death playing a roll as santa claws?


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It's called Hogfather: http://members.aol.com/tishede/pratchett2.htm


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Thank you for pin-pointing the person...
What about the quote?

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Sounds like a Bhudist Kohn(sp). You're not expected to answer but rather occupy yourself in a contemplative attitude with the statement. Useless waste of good time in my view.(Bhudist kohns I mean)


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No english majors?
Oh, I was one...ten years ago!


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Tormod, only refering to the fact that no one was commenting about the quote

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