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THERE IS NO JUSTICE, JUST US. ~Mort
An hour ago I saw Samuel Vimes. It's nice to see Terry Pratchett fans around
Fun fact - my childhood nickname (and online handle) was used (with permission) by the great man himself! (As the name of a hearty military soup :P )
That is fun!
Did you know him personally? What's the story?
I wish! Nah, I went to the Discworld Convention when I was 8 or so, and met him at one of the book-signing events, where he noticed my namebadge. Though even in the few minutes that I spent chatting with him there, he was very obviously a warm, kind, generous man. GNU Terry Pratchett.
That's awesome!
And you get to live on forever as soup in the Discworld.