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I spent ages trying to work out what "who knew more about furniture than most" meant, thinking it would be expanded upon or referenced later. It hadn't occurred
by eterm 5mo ago
I spent ages trying to work out what "who knew more about furniture than most" meant, thinking it would be expanded upon or referenced later. It hadn't occurred to me that it's just slop.
- CoastalCoder 5mo ago> I spent ages trying to work out what "who knew more about furniture than most" meant, thinking it would be expanded upon or referenced later. Assuming it was an intentional, it could be a reference to one particularly violent piece of furniture. (I forget what kind exactly, it's been a while.)
- johnh-hn 5mo agoI'm not sure I'd call it furniture, but are you maybe referring to the luggage?
- nine_k 5mo agoIt's furniture when standing, and luggage when walking.
- pdpi 5mo agoGiven it comes immediately after the bit about philosophers comparing memories to furniture, I simply assumed that was meant to be read as “Pratchett, who knew more about the goings on inside people’s heads than most”.
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- nephihaha 5mo agoMony Python - "One: people aren’t wearing enough hats." Two: Terry Pratchett "Hold my beer." Clearly as an appreciator of hats, and arguably furniture, Sir Terry was echoing Monty Python.
- eterm 5mo agoI'm sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say by this either. Monty Python was deliberately absurdist humour and nonsensical. Prachett however was much more grounded and observational, with a satirical rather than fully absurdist bent, although of course sometimes he would find the absurd in the everyday. Coming in and kicking over the furniture, to paraphrase, is a wonderful image of an idea causing chaos in the mind, it isn't Monthy Pythonesque random absurdism.
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