Terry Pratchett can invent two significant characters and warp the entire plot of his novel as an excuse for making one joke (well, more than one joke: but this is the biggest one):
"...An' then... then I'm gonna get medieval on his ***."
There were more pressing problems, but this one intrigued Mr. Pin.
"How, exactly?" He said.
"I was thinking of a maypole," said Mr. Tulip reflectively. "An' then a display of country dancing, land tillage under the three-field system, several plauges, and then, if my ---ing hand ain't too tired, the invention of the ---ing horse collar."
From The Truth.
Posted by DeLong at May 13, 2003 05:44 PM | TrackBack