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I'd say I'm sorry for the title, but that would imply I was sorry for the title.

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[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As Sir Terry Pratchett puts it:

“When a human doctor, after much bleeding and cupping, finds that a patient has died out of sheer desperation, he can always say, "Dear me, will of the gods, that will be thirty dollars please," and walk away a free man. This is because human beings are not, technically, worth anything. A good racehorse, on the other hand, may be worth twenty thousand dollars. A doctor who lets one hurry off too soon to that great paddock in the sky may well expect to hear, out of some dark alley, a voice saying something on the lines of "Mr. Chrysoprase is very upset," and find the brief remainder of his life full of incident.”

― Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Mr. Chrysoprase is very upset"