Hey all y'all fellow Disc Jockeys! I've never come across a post like this and so I figured I'd contribute a 'lil somethin' somethin' to this lovely community. I'll get the foot the ball rolling.
Context; Jingo, When Vimes and Detritus come across Captain Jenkins holding court from atop his soap box:
"They stole my merchandise! It's a pirate bloody empire! I was boarded, in Ankh Morpork waters!"
There was a general self-righteous muttering"
"What did they steal, Mister Jenkins?" Said a voice from the crowd.
"A cargo of fine silks!"
The crowd hissed.
"Ah. Not fish offal and condemned meat, then? That's your normal cargo, I believe"
Mister Jenkins strained to look for the speaker: " Fine silks", he said. "And what does the city care about that?"
>>>>>"Has the city been told?"<<<<<
It's such a throwaway line, barely even a joke, but it's such a matsterful, casual quip that I can't help but grin each time I re-read the scene. It's especially scrumptious in the audiobook.
Your turn!