I’m sure she owns all the Discworld books. Say, wasn’t there a humorous argument between the main character and a sphinx in one of the stories? It had something to do with her “What goes on four legs in the morning…” riddle. The guy was complaining that it wasn’t metaphorically consistent, and wanted it adjusted to something like “What (figuratively speaking) walks on four legs for approximately 20 minutes past midnight, two legs for most of the day, barring accidents, and up to three legs( four if they’re using two canes) after at least half-past nine?”
Is it wrong that I keep finding Phix to be more and more awesome with each strip she’s in? I also find her to be oddly adorable for some reason. Like the kind of adorable that you just want to go up and hug without rhyme or reason.
But she never asked Katherine the riddle
I think this is close enough: http://wapsisquare.com/comic/adventureorknowledge/
I keep waiting for the Unseen University Librarian to show up – the bibliothiki needs to connect to L-space somewhere…doesn’t it?
I’m sure she owns all the Discworld books. Say, wasn’t there a humorous argument between the main character and a sphinx in one of the stories? It had something to do with her “What goes on four legs in the morning…” riddle. The guy was complaining that it wasn’t metaphorically consistent, and wanted it adjusted to something like “What (figuratively speaking) walks on four legs for approximately 20 minutes past midnight, two legs for most of the day, barring accidents, and up to three legs( four if they’re using two canes) after at least half-past nine?”
Yup, unsurprisingly, thats in ‘Pyramids’
Is it wrong that I keep finding Phix to be more and more awesome with each strip she’s in? I also find her to be oddly adorable for some reason. Like the kind of adorable that you just want to go up and hug without rhyme or reason.