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- From: ajr@aber.ac.uk (Adrian Jonathan Rixon)
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- Subject: Re: lots o' questions ...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.100212.12892@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 10:02:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.4693.3082@dosgate>,
- steve.degroof@canrem.com (steve degroof) doodled:
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- > >> p.168..."When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of
- > >> ankle-deep slurry." Something or someplace has a motto,
- > >> "When you're tired of ____, you're tired of life" or
- > >> some such.
- > >>
- > > This is a reference to Adams' "Restaurant At The End Of The
- > Universe".
- > >
- > Actually, it's "When you are tired of Ursa Minor you are tired of
- > life", which is a play on "When you are tired of London you are
- > tired of life."or something.
-
- Something like "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" said by
- Samuel Johnson? Johnson's dying words are reputed to be "I am tired of
- London." - this might be a joke though.
-
- [Apologies if 50 other people have already mentioned this]
-
- Ade_
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