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April 13th, 2008

fignewton: (teamy goodness)
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 10:31 pm
So, someone submitted a Pratchett quote to the [livejournal.com profile] sg1friendathon as a prompt and it got claimed by [livejournal.com profile] suzannemarie, and then we were trying to remember the citation for the quote:

"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. This is true. It's called Life."

So far, I've found one citation, a bit of dialogue between Rincewind and Death from The Last Continent.

"Is it true that your life passes before your eyes before you die?"

YES.

"Ghastly thought, really." Rincewind shuddered. "Oh, gods, I've just had another one. Suppose I am just about to die, and this is my whole life passing in front of my eyes?"

I THINK PERHAPS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE'S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED "LIVING."
It's not identical to the one used in the prompt, and not quite as I remember reading it myself. It's possible that there's more than one, of course - pTerry refers at least twice to multiple exclamation points as a sign of a diseased mind. :)

There is no real point to this post, although the idea of Teal'c and Vetinari engaging in a battle of  unblinking stares is only slightly less delightfully engaging than the idea of poor Sam's brain imploding at standing on a world that is a disc, supported by four elephants, on the back of a giant turtle, or Daniel arguing in Ook with the librarian. Or Death, for that matter, when his lifetimer gets even more twisty than Rincewind's.

And Granny Weatherwax and Hammond, for some odd reason.

And Angua. I want Janet and Sam and Angua to go down to Biers and get seriously drunk.

And Mitchell must meet Carrot! Carrot can quote laws and ordinances while Mitchell rattles off SG-1 missions!

If a crossover like this was written as slight cracky fic rather than crack!fic? I think it would be delicious.