# Congratulate me! I'm finally reading Discworld!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-im-finally-reading-discworld/571516>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-im-finally-reading-discworld/571516 "2011-02-15T23:56:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-im-finally-reading-discworld/571516/81 "2011-02-22T12:47:01Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Quoth **Nava** :I think I know which scene you mean… Does it go “Moo”?

Aye, and it involves a dark, damp, deep place as well.

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**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-im-finally-reading-discworld/571516/82 "2011-02-27T20:30:06Z")

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> [@Frank](#):
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> If nothing else, it’s completely and shockingly out of character for both the wizards and Vetinari.

How so? It did seem a little forced, but it didn’t seem inconsistent with the way wizards or Vetinari had acted previously.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-im-finally-reading-discworld/571516/83 "2011-02-27T23:07:11Z")

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> [@Silophant](#):
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> How so? It did seem a little forced, but it didn’t seem inconsistent with the way wizards or Vetinari had acted previously.

I can see where **Frank** is coming from. Vetinari’s driving motivation has always been securing the future of the city. Pretty much everything he does furthers that goal. His actions in _Unseen Academicals_ are pretty much pure altruism, which is something he’s never exhibited before. The same goes for the Wizards, except even more so. They’ve never really given a shit about anything that happens outside the walls of Unseen University, unless it involved some sort of cosmic threat. Both parties stuck their neck out extraordinarily far for Mr. Nutt, and for no apparent gain for themselves.

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-im-finally-reading-discworld/571516/84 "2011-02-28T20:21:45Z")

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Whatever you say about _Unseen Academicals_, it has Dr. Hix.

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