Footnotes*

[=Tamar]

The first survival trait is to discourage predators, but it's a different species that has it.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I give you "Fire" as Arthur Brown was fond of singing.

 

[=Tamar]

Lead-in to the footnote was:
"If people went around noticing everything that was going on all the time, nobody would ever get anything done.*"

 

[RathDarkblade]

Men at Arms?

 

[=Tamar]

That's it, Rath. Your turn.

 

[RathDarkblade]

*thinks* Argh. I'll be house-sitting for the next 2 weeks or so, so I don't have my Discworld library with me and can't find a new footnote. :| Would someone else like to go next?

 

[RathDarkblade]

Anyone?

 

[Mixa]

Here’s mine:

“What ho, b’zugda-hiara,”* he said cheerfully.

*A killing insult in Dwarfish, but here used as a term of endearment. It means “lawn ornament”.

Mx

 

[RathDarkblade]

Oooooh... I think I know this, so I'll hold off for a couple of days and give everyone else a chance.

 

[=Tamar]

“What ho, b’zugda-hiara,”* he said cheerfully.
*A killing insult in Dwarfish, but here used as a term of endearment. It means “lawn ornament”.

Mx

Wyrd Sisters?

 

[=Tamar]

Okay, here's one:

"With a couple of nails it'll stay up all right."

 

[RathDarkblade]

Lords and Ladies? About the horseshoe?

 

[=Tamar]

Almost. It's Lords and Ladies, but he's not talking about the horseshoe. It's a generic statement by the occasional carpenter.
Your turn.

 

[Mixa]

Oh! Please forgive me for not answering you before, =Tamar! Yes, the footnote belongs to Wyrd Sisters! Well done! Was that the book you were thinking about, Rath?

Mx

 

[RathDarkblade]

Yes it was, Mixa. I remember that scene well.

Let's see... *flips through a random book*

* That's a huge sum of money, roughly £130,000,000 today. A lot of specie in anyone's book!

 

[RathDarkblade]

*BUMP* Will no one even try to guess?

 

[=Tamar]

Wild guess: Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch?

 

[RathDarkblade]

No, it's not in the SOD bracket. More recent.

 

[RathDarkblade]

I note that this footnote has been up for about a month. Does anyone need a hint?

 

[=Tamar]

Dodger's Guide to London?