Excerpt :D

[sivaroobini]

From Terry Pratchett's Men At Arms. I was reading this bit at the train station and then I burst out laughing and then was continuously giggling and the other commuters were edging away.

"Have - have you got an appointment?" he said.
"I don't know," said Carrot. "Have we got an appointment?"
"I've got an iron ball with spikes on," Nobby volunteered.
"That's a morningstar, Nobby."
"Is it?"
"Yes," said Carrot. "An appointment is an engagement to see someone, while a morningstar is a large lump of metal used for viciously crushing skulls. It is important not to confuse the two, isn't it, Mr --?" He raised his eyebrows.
"Boffo, sir. But--"
""So if you could perhaps run along and tell Dr Whiteface we're here with an iron ball with spi-- What am I saying? I mean, without an appointment to see him? Please? Thank you."
The clown scuttled off.

Sorry, I had to share. XD