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Jimmy O'Regan [joregan at gmail.com]
http://www.news.com.au/technology/terry-[...]-meteorites/story-e6frfro0-1225926584339
'Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's disease, also said he had thrown in "several pieces of meteorites - thunderbolt iron, you see - highly magical, you've got to chuck that stuff in whether you believe in it or not".' ... 'He said: "It annoys me that knights aren't allowed to carry their swords. That would be knife crime."'
-- <Leftmost> jimregan, that's because deep inside you, you are evil. <Leftmost> Also not-so-deep inside you.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 04:25:12PM +0100, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> http://www.news.com.au/technology/terry-[...]-meteorites/story-e6frfro0-1225926584339 > > 'Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's disease, also said he had thrown in > "several pieces of meteorites - thunderbolt iron, you see - highly > magical, you've got to chuck that stuff in whether you believe in it > or not".' > ... > 'He said: "It annoys me that knights aren't allowed to carry their > swords. That would be knife crime."'
"...the author dug up 81kg of ore and smelted it in the grounds of his house, using a makeshift kiln built from clay and hay and fuelled with damp sheep manure."
Yep. If there was any question of it being pTerry, it's settled now.
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