Phlegm the Pelican:

...land with the buttered side downwards / defences against battering rams include sponge gates or, with good timing, opening the doors on the in-swing and slamming them quickly again on the out / witches float / urban prices for rats: white, pet: 2 penkies; white, maze-solver: 1 shinkle; black, plague-carrier: 4 penkies; brown, vermin: 1 ha'penky; brown, roasted: 2 penkies (1 penky returnable deposit on stick) / flat worlds cannot suffer from global warming / the elite guardsmen of Rag can attack in all directions at once using their unique circular swords / the army of Slimebo the Slug Wizard marches on its stomach / since the opening of the new Sugar Routes from the Southern ports, most witches with marzipan houses are now in a negative equity situation / the collective noun for a group of monotheist deities is a disproof / scribes can illuminate their initials by compressing the glands from firebeetles and mixing them with an ink-powder base / in 1233 an unknown thief stole the entire collection of Noses of Disguising from the Institute of Illusionists / castles built in air must address the problem of waste-disposal responsibly / in magical woods, never fall asleep under the gnarliest trees / to darn chain mail, first take....

Approaching the Coast
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