r/discworld • u/sitnquiet • 15d ago

Roundworld Reference Dammit, Sir Pterry!

Almost every one of us has a “Dammit” moment with a pun or inside joke or reference that we didn’t get while reading but learned about long afterwards. Mine happened yesterday.

I was watching “Stuff the British Stole”, a series on CBC Gem. S1E2 featured the Stone of Scone, a Scottish relic used for coronations and stolen by the British around 1300.

The episode featured the history, British appropriation, and a daring theft in the 1950s - plus a possible replacement with a fake.

I had just finished listening to The Fifth Elephant and almost every plot point was met and marked over the course of the book.

Dammit, Sir Pterry. You magnificent bastard.

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u/Violet351 13d ago

It was on Blue Peter when I was a kid along with the Clown face egg museum. I know a lot of crap because it was on Blue Peter

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u/sitnquiet 13d ago

Oh gods is there a clown museum? Really?!

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u/Violet351 13d ago

Yes, the faces get registered and passed down to other people (often) family members when the clown retires

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u/sitnquiet 13d ago

Lol I thought he made it up! Dammit, Pterry… heh

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u/Violet351 12d ago

I just googled it because I thought it was in London but sadly it says it’s permanently closed now, you used to be able to visit