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Oct 2, 2020, 7 tweets

Reminded of this today (thanks @Anatol!) AND it has a story!

My Nan queued up for a signing with #TerryPratchett @terryandrob to give me this book as a gift...

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... and there were people there dressed as Granny Weatherwax & ... I can’t remember who else she said. Might’ve been Cheery? Or Angua? I have a feeling it was someone from the Watch. Anyway,

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I don’t know if they were cosplayers or an official part of the event, but my Nan being my Nan insisted that THEY sign the book, too...

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They looked nervously at Terry because, well, they didn’t write it, did they?

He, of course, thought it was very funny & told them to go ahead,

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So, they did.

And then, everyone else in the queue insisted they sign THEIR books as well.

After which, I’m sure all involved were cursing my Nan. But,

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...hey, if anyone ought to have known that if you give pushy old ladies an inch, they take a mile and then scarper leaving a few leagues of chaos behind them, it ought to have been Terry Pratchett 😉

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