tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post5596665736989093823..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.."JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-55099192060562190412015-03-29T07:58:50.533+01:002015-03-29T07:58:50.533+01:00"On second thoughts, I should be burning Dudl...<i>"On second thoughts, I should be burning Dudley."</i><br /><br />Quite!<br /><br /><i>"Why not arm the postman with awalking frame as a defensive measure..."</i><br /><br />Or a pepper spray?<br /><br /><i>""Dont arsk us about Mrs Cake""<br /></i><br /><br />:DJuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8479342772367103192015-03-27T19:20:11.583+00:002015-03-27T19:20:11.583+00:00True, Rightwinggit, but the slogan on the Ankh-Mor...True, Rightwinggit, but the slogan on the Ankh-Morpork Post Office wall made its first appearance ten years earlier in 'Men At Arms:<br /><br /><br />NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY<br /><br />DON'T ARSK US ABOUT:<br />rocks<br />troll's with sticks<br />All sorts of dragons<br />Mrs Cake<br />Huje green things with teeth<br />Any kinds of black dogs with orange eyebrows<br />Rains of spaniel's<br />fog.<br />Mrs CakeMacheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87169511406767738982015-03-27T15:47:30.115+00:002015-03-27T15:47:30.115+00:00Wasn't Mrs Cake also referred to in Going Post...Wasn't Mrs Cake also referred to in Going Postal?<br />More apposite I would have thought...<br /><br />Oh, and Sir Rowland Hill invented the postage stamp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53933658427963680132015-03-27T12:42:54.411+00:002015-03-27T12:42:54.411+00:00"Dont arsk us about Mrs Cake"
(See '..."<b>Dont arsk us about Mrs Cake</b>"<br /><br /><i>(See 'Men At Arms': Terry Pratchett)</i>Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9208462337439392852015-03-27T12:17:24.326+00:002015-03-27T12:17:24.326+00:00Why not arm the postman with awalking frame as a d...Why not arm the postman with awalking frame as a defensive measure, or a more lethal mobility scooter, rather than using the OAPs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-82534166104704502712015-03-27T12:04:48.281+00:002015-03-27T12:04:48.281+00:00Indeed. As an arsonist meself (incendary is such a...Indeed. As an arsonist meself (incendary is such a harsh word), I would like to be escorted by the local voluntary fire brigade, as long as they keep their fire fighting equipment at home. Perhaps they could imagine they are part of the UN. They could fiddle with themselves and I could burn 'Rome'. On second thoughts, I should be burning Dudley. Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.com