It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit no…

Terry Pratchett
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It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14), p.188, Random House
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It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14), p.188, Random House

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