People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad acro…

Terry Pratchett
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People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8), p.21, Random House
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