As per request, a new thread for our Game. At 364 messages on the last one, I'm sure it was loading slowly.

pwaites, would you please repost your quote here?

I'm going ahead and posting the current quote in case pwaites doesn't get back to the thread right away. "But they did hold their annual Excuse Me, or free-for-all dance,which was one of the highlights of the Ankh-Morpork social calender."

Our previous thread can be found here:
Game #2

Light Fantastic?

Nope, keep guessing!

Soul Music?

Soul Music?

Maccabbi has got it. Soul Music it is!

Oh, that's not fair, he answered twice! ;)

Oh, be fair MrsLee - he only suggested one book. If the poor soul has an electronic stutter why victimise him?

lol, I'll try not to stutter on the quote.

"However, it is primarily a story about a world. Here it comes now. Watch closely, the special effects are quite expensive."

The Color of Magic?

Hogfather?

Nope, I think they used the line in one of the movie adaptations but its not from either of those books.

The Last Hero?

Fifth Element?

umm, possibly you mean The Fifth Elephant edrandrew? Or is Milla Jovovich starring in a new Discworld movie?

You didn't hear about Milla Jovovich being cast for Making Money?

Not last hero or the fifth elephant

The light Fantastic ?

Eric?

Nope, nope

thief of time?

Pyramids ?

Are we in spinoff territory? The Science of Discworld?

Sourcery?

nope still haven't guessed it, and it is a main book not a spinoff. good luck....

Moving Pictures ?

nope

Interesting Times

nope

The Last Continent ? If not any clue going!?

still no
clue hmm....

Think of the battle between the sexes.

Monstrous Regiment?

Equal Rites?

Equal Rites it is.

Yay!

‘When I say “the story of my life”, obviously I don't mean the whole story.’

Thud!

Poot!
Yes, it was Thud.
And here was me thinking that it might actually take a couple of guesses to get …

"The highwayman's horse was a big black stallion. It was also quite possibly the only horse with a ladder strapped behind the saddle."

Thief of Time?

Nope.

Lords and Ladies.

witches abroad?

Uh uh... :)

Soul Music? I just have a nagging feeling that the highwayman and Susan go together.

Sorry, nope.

Carpe Jugulum!

Win!

Yay!

‘I believe the butler drinks beer,’ she said. ‘See to it, man. And I'll have a pint of Winkles too. What a novel idea.’

Feet of Clay!

Oh dear pwaites got there first! I knew it was Lady Selachii replying to the request from Lord C W St J Nobbs one of the few that I did know and didn't guess!!. I'll try for the next one!

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Score!
(One of these days I'll be able to come up with one that isn't guessed immediately …)

Capital!

"It's those little metal bits on the ends of the shoelaces."

The Truth ?

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents?

Blast! You beat me to it - aglets as I recall.

ArmyAngle1986 got it right. It was aglets. :)

Anyone want to take my turn?

Ok I'll go!
"She pushed gently until her toes pointed at the sky and she was doing a handstand on the edge. The effect, she felt, was spoilt by her skirt falling over her eyes."

Carpe Jugulum?

Ok pwaites you win - that did not take long - I guess I need to make mine harder?

My clue was to be 'You've still got that tear in yer knickers.' said Nanny sharply.

Great line - sorry had to add that!

I just went so someone else can take my turn.

You won - you go!?

All right.

"Get them more than five miles from a decent tailor and mirror and they go all to pieces"

Ta!
Lords and Ladies ?

Soul Music?

Fifth Elephant?

Thinking outside the square, Pyramids? (groan …)

Maccabbi got it. It was talking about how well the assassins work outside the city.

"if you trust in yourself . . .'
'Yes?'
'. . . and believe in your dreams . . .'
'Yes?'
'. . . and follow your star . . .

Wee Free Men.

Yup. I thought it might be too easy, but its such a good bit that I went with it anyways.

Yeah, one of my favorite lines. Next poster can have my turn.

The drinking had started in The Bucket, in GleamStreet. This was the coppers' pub. .... They liked to drink somewhere where they wouldn't see anything that reminded them they were a copper. Fun was not encouraged.

Feet of Clay?

No sorry!

Night Watch?

Actually, no. I think that's way too late for this type of quote. I'll go with the obvious (although probably wrong) instead. Guards! Guards!?

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Jingo?

Men at Arms?

No none of the above - sorry folks!

Hmm, Thud?

I read this quote today. =)

The Fifth Elephant?

yes Thud - souloftherose has it!
It is when Angua Cherry and Sally go on a "pub" crawl with Tawnee.

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'You know...you might not be as stupid as you look. This is not hard. Let's think about this. I mean... _I'll_ think about this and you can join in when you know the words.'

Guards Guards?

men at arms?

and rubbah takes the prize... your turn!

'sausage is all right in it's place, and it's place aint in bed.And don't you say a word.'

Witches Abroard?

Right first time:)

Just lucky!

"He gave Magrat another ringing slap on her rump, slightly hurting his hand, and hurried off to shout at someone else."

Wyrd Sisters.

One slap too many - yes rojse - correct! Your go!

"Trouble began, and not for the first time, with an apple."

Just to give you all a hint, it is not from one of the Discworld novels.

Good Omens?

Not Good Omens.

I'd like to hint as to where the sentence comes from, but when you exclude the Discworld novels, you haven't got too many books left.

The Bromeliad Trilogy?
I know its a cheat to have three books but this is published as "one" book!

A Johnny Maxwell book? Also a cheat, because it's 3 books, but I do have the omnibus edition!

No for Johnny Maxwell and the Bromeliad trilogy.

Nation?

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Strata?

No for both.

Just for a hint, I picked one of Pratchett's short stories.

The Sea and Little Fishes! From Once More with Footnotes

Souloftherose got it.

"When six are against one in a melee in the shadows, and especially if those six aren't used to a target that is harder to hit than a wasp, and even more so if they all got their ideas of knife-fighting from other amateurs, then there's six chances in seven that they'll stab a crony and about one chance in twelve that they'll nick their own earlobe."

Interesting Times?

Maskerade?

joannasephine got it! I thought it would be harder!

Southoftherose, I know what you mean. So far I haven't been able to come up with a single clue that required more than one guess … this will probably be no different:

“It is essential that the proper use of three wishes should bring happiness to the greatest available number of people”

Sourcery?

Witches Abroad (only because the obvious one is taken).

No, and no!
(Does happy dance in honour of it not going immediately …)

I know the book and I know the quote - but cannot think witch book!
Carpe Jugulum?

Still no … I'll expand the quote ever so slightly:

“It is essential that the proper use of three wishes should bring happiness to the greatest available number of people, and this is what in fact had happened.”

And it isn't a witch book.
;-)

Eric?

Well done ArmyAngel1986, it was indeed Eric.

'Some of those heaps were like old friends.'

Guards! Guards!

Sorry, nope.

Night Watch?

Feet of Clay?

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thud! ?

Men At Arms?

Keep guessing :)

Monstrous Regiment ?

Jingo?

Nope.

The Fifth Elephant

Maccabbi wins!

"...he was impressed. The wizards, once they understood the urgency of a problem, and then had lunch, and argued about the pudding, could actually work quite fast.

The Last Hero?

Hogfather?

The Last Continent ?

Souloftherose has it

One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Jingo?

Joannasephine has guessed it again! I have to make mine harder....

I know that feeling. Lets see if this one goes more than one guess:

“Well, I'm very sorry about that, you bloodthirsty overbearing tub of lard.”

Carpe Jugulum?

No.
:-)

Guards Guards!

No, but you're thinking in the right era.

Equal Rights ?!

Moving pictures?

Maccabbi has it!

‘Young…man, stranger than usual things happen all the time.

Night Watch?

nope

A pause like that before “man” usually indicates the presence of Nobby Nobbs, so Jingo?

ohh, I like your reasoning, but no. It's not Jingo nor is it Nobby Nobbs related. Think of other characters that the ... might apply to.

is it the new book? unseen academicals?

Is it the reverse werewolf friend of Ludmilla Cake - Reaper Man?

Rubbah has it.

'she had a very straightforward view of foreign parts...they were inhabited by people who were to be pitied more than blamed, because really, they were like children'

Edited for typos

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Reaper Man?

Sounds like witches to me--Lords and Ladies?

Hmm very witchy, but I think granny and nanny would blame foreigners for anything, so maybe tiffany's granny.
Wee Free Men?

Or it could be Vimes' wife, Lady Sybil, in The Fifth Elephant?

Nope, no-one has it yet

Witches Abroad?

still no. I think this is the first of my quotes not to have been guessed almost immediately:)

Hmm, it sounds a bit … landladyish. Is it from The Truth?