> “I always think we can all sleep safer in my bed knowing that these
> brave men are watching over us,” said Lady Ramkin, walking sedately
> along the rank, like a treasure galleon running ahead of a mild breeze.
>
> “And who is this?”
>
> It is difficult for an orangutan to stand to attention. Its body can master
> the general idea, but its skin can’t. The Librarian was doing his best,
> however, standing in a sort of respectful heap at the end of the line and
> maintaining the kind of complex salute you can only achieve with a four foot arm.
>
> “’E’s plain clothes, ma’am,” said Nobby smartly. “Special Ape
> Services.”
>
> “Very enterprising. Very enterprising indeed,” said Lady Ramkin. “How
> long have you been an ape, my man?”
>
> “Oook.”
>
> “Well done.”
>
> She turned to Vimes, who was definitely looking
> incredulous.
>
> “A credit to you,” she said. “A fine body of men—”
>
> “Oook.”
>
> “—anthropoids,” corrected Lady Ramkin, with barely a break in the
> flow.
>
> For a moment the rank felt as though they had just returned from singlehandedly conquering a distant province. They felt, in fact, tremendously
> bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put
> it and which was definitely several letters of the alphabet away from how
> they normally felt.
The man was a genius, this one blew me away when I got it. What are some of your favorite Pratchett jokes?