Carpe Jugulum

[8] On the rare maps of the Ramtops that existed, it was spelled Uberwald. But Lancre people had never got the hang of accents and certainly didn't agree with trying to balance two dots on another letter, where they'd only roll off and cause unnecessary punctuation.

[9] Lancre people considered that anything religious that wasn't said in some ancient and incomprehensible speech probably wasn't the genuine article.

[10] This was because Lancre people had a fresh if somewhat sideways approach to names, generally just picking a sound they liked. Sometimes there was a logic to it, but only by accident. There'd be a Chlamydia Weaver toddling around today if her mother hadn't suddenly decided that Sally was easier to spell.

[11] King Verence was very keen that someone should compose a national anthem for Lancre, possibly referring to its very nice trees, and had offered a small reward. Nanny Ogg reasoned that it would be easy money because national anthems only ever have one verse or, rather, all have the same second verse, which goes 'nur... hnur... mur... nur nur, hnur... nur... nur, hnur' at some length until everyone remembers the last line of the first verse and sings it as loudly as they can.

[12] In a society that had progressed beyond the privy and the earth closet she would have said 'pulling my chain'.

[13] The role of the lower intestine in the efforts to build a better nation is one that is often neglected by historians.

[14] Igor had two thumbs on his right hand. If something was useful, he always said, you may as well add another.