![]() ![]() ![]() (Wikipedia seems very prim, with its continual mentions of Decimal Day. Of course the process of changing over was complex even though the new system was simpler. ![]() It's a humorous work and the quote is an ironic joke, not a factual claim. Making Money is a direct sequel, which carries over its protagonist – former confidence man Moist von Lipwig, who is blackmailed by self-described tyrant Lord Vetinari into accepting seemingly dull but actually dangerous public office – and plot threads about golems, stamps and avoided executions. The quote is from Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett (not Prattchett) and Neil Gaiman. In Going Postal, Pratchett approached the seemingly uncongenial subject of the founding of the post office in Discworld fashion, digging up historical truths that seem more absurd than the usual author's farcical inventions. The latest novel in the Discworld cycle is so on-the-nose and up-to-the-minute in its subject than you can't help speculating that Pratchett has been booking restaurant tables very near Mervyn King and passing notes saying: "Northern Rock in a bit of bother, eh?" before standing outside branches advising account-holders not to panic. Terry Pratchett, quote from Making Money Copy text They were indeed what was known as old money, which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black deeds which had originally filled the coffers were now historically irrelevant. ![]()
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