And we don't often get any wading birds in the River Ankh, mainly because the pollution would eat their legs away and anyway, it's easier for them to walk on the surface.
- Terry Pratchett
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The worst thing you can do is nothing.
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Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.
…and the funny thing was that people who weren’t entirely certain they were right always argued much louder...
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