Nicq MacDonald wrote:
>
> > Nicq, are you a Goth?
>
> Damn. Did my black nail polish get on the e-mail? Do they have a dark
> aura?
==
Vimes turned the clove over and over under the magnifying glass.
"I see tooth marks," he said.
"Yes sir," said Littlebottom, who represented in her entirety the
Watch's forensic department. "Looks like someone was chewing it like a
toothpick."
Vimes sat back. "I would say," he said, "that this was last touched
by a swarthy man of about my height. He had several gold teeth. And a
beard. And a slight cast in one eye. Scarred. He was carrying a large
weapon. Curved, I'd say. And you'd have to call what he was wearing a
turban because it wasn't moving fast enough to be a badger."
Littlebottom looked astonished.
"Detectoring is like gambling," said Vimes, putting down the clove.
"The secret is to know the winner in advance. Thank you, corporal. Write
down that description and make sure everyone gets a copy, please. He goes
by the name of 71-hour Ahmed, heaven knows why. And then go and get some
rest."
-- Terry Pratchett, "Jingo", p. 101.
==
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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