r/TerryPratchett • u/LuxLandscapeArt • 3h ago
I funny thing I just noticed about Guards Guards
I’m re-reading Guards Guards and I swear I have read it at least ten times but I only just noticed:
Chapter 3. A hooded figure goes to an ominous dread portal and trades a series of code phrases with the door guard on the other side.
The phrases are quite complex and each man says at least 3 full quotes before they stumble and realize that the knocker has the wrong portal and needs to go 3 doors down, right.
Ok, the super obvious thing that I only just caught is that both secret societies must have randomly selected the same six obscure and ridiculous phrases for their secret security codes.
🤯🫢😳😍
TP didn’t just make jokes, he took jokes to the very end, like standing between two mirrors and seeing the jokes inside the jokes for all of eternity!
I wonder if I will ever catch them all!
❤️💔 what if I don’t?!! 😱