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regarding “bits” as a monetary term: it took me a solid decade to get the joke in “Making Money” regarding why Reacher Gilt taught his parrot to say “12.5%”
by hprotagonist 3y ago
regarding “bits” as a monetary term: it took me a solid decade to get the joke in “Making Money” regarding why Reacher Gilt taught his parrot to say “12.5%”
- messe 3y agoFor those who don't get it, it's a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island which features a parrot that repeats "Pieces of Eight" (also known as a bit).
- 082349872349872 3y agoIf your bird repeats "Pieces of Seven" you should check its settings; it might have a parroty error.
- baruz 3y agoslow clap
- bombcar 3y agohttps://wiki.lspace.org/Main_Page https://wiki.lspace.org/Main_Page Is a great resource for this; so many of the books have deep or obscure British jokes that even Native English (simplified) ((American)) don’t get.
- MrJohz 3y agoI was thinking of a different Pratchett joke: in Making Money, Moist is told to use the barber's knock: "shave and a haircut, no legs!" I'm rereading the Moist series again, and it is so incredibly thick with humour and references. I mean, all of the books are, but that series really feels like him at the top of his game.
- hprotagonist 3y ago"the smoking GNU"