Mine was raised from the egg of a non wild turtle by someone else who found themselves unable to care for it and asked me to give it a home.

We use the 12 at both ends because there it is sitting at the top of the clock

I think it’s cheating to call it metric if it’s not decimal. Even some of the oldest analog clocks had 24-hour faces, they were just a bitch to read in a watch-size. You still have to do stupid math to figure out duration past the 12 or 24, and even with the 60 minutes/1 hour. Nothing metric or superior about it.

You start counting the hours to the next noon at midnight, duh. That’s why it’s ante-meridian, and the beginning of a new day. If you want to go around calling it 00:30, most people would understand, even in America.

“case in point” although "case and point " is arguably an eggcorn

12:30 pm is half-past noon.

12:30 am is half past midnight, or as you would say 00:30

The m is “meridian” which is noon (sun straight up)

The a is ante/before and the p is post/after

In olden days it was easier to look up and set your clock at noon than midnight.

Or at least in a utility van

If you choose that route, make sure it’s immense enough that you’ll never be prosecuted for it.

That it should be toll-free?

Or that the US should control the Strait?

Personally I think it shows all the signs of Trump’s inner toddler coming out screaming.

My box turtle mostly lives on soil, although he enjoys a paddle and soak in his water. But the main difference from a tortoise is that he’s omnivorous, needing protein like bugs, whereas they are herbivores.

An informative link AND a pun, very nice!

You make it sound like one of those '50s “what she needs is a good spanking!” shrew-taming movies

After the 🐘🐘🐘🐘 it’s all Turtle. But The Great A’Tuin doesn’t stand on anything. It/She/He/They swims through space, with a purpose and destination unknown to us.

I remember in one of the Coloured Fairy Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langs’_Fairy_Books and I’m not going to try to find which one, there was a story where a kid was hanging out with the fairies and they went to a house and his in the thatch. They sprinkled pepper on the daughter so she’d sneeze. “If she sneezes 3 times without a bless-you, we can steal her!” She does twice, no blessings. On the 3rd sneeze the kid yells BLESS YOU at the top of his lungs, the fairies scatter and she’s saved. So at the very least, I make sure nobody is stolen by the fairies. Colored or otherwise. Consent matters.

I wonder who made the original tip. Probably one of those traumatized moderators whose reports had gone nowhere.

… because they’ve forced their gay men to get trans surgery under threat of a death sentence

Since you’ve met Tiffany you should meet Eskarina and get a backdoor exploration into Unseen University. So try Equal Rites. Then for more wizards you can go back one to The Light Fantastic, or keep moving forward to explore the whole Discworld and read 'em all. They each have unique qualities, a motley of new and recurring characters, and insights into some of the better and nastier aspects of our own world.

I like publication order, but if you just happen upon any of them someplace, read it. And as you’ll know already, his Young Adult writing is really only a matter of having a young protagonist. So don’t sleep on The Amazing Maurice either. It’s profound.

Pratchett’s Wizard Magic and Witch Magic are quite different styles but all the Discworld books are Good at a minimum and your taste will determine which are Beyond Excellent.

Discworld UU Wizard. Mostly refraining from using magic, and eating enormous dinners.

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