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... when your name is really and truly percy blakeney, pronounced 'black-knee', and you still have bad acne in your twenties, you accept pimple as a nickname and are grateful that it wasn't anything worse.
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Terry Pratchett
... when your name is really and truly percy blakeney, pronounced 'black-knee', and you still have bad acne in your twenties, you accept pimple as a nickname and are grateful that it wasn't anything worse.
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