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    #11
    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    I seem to be seeing them around a lot more these days.

    There is one by the bus stop most days I go to the pub, and there must be a dating site or something because I saw a nice couple in Tescos the other week. In fact she looked mighty attractive

    Look out for the dwarf throwing olympic event, unless the spoil sports have banned it
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      #12
      Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
      In fact she looked mighty attractive
      How could you tell if one was female? I thought they all had beards
      Growing old is mandatory
      Growing up is optional

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        #13
        Originally posted by Halo Jones View Post
        How could you tell if one was female? I thought they all had beards
        Here you go HJ.

        As Tolkien implied of his dwarves, Discworld dwarfs of both sexes have beards. However, while Tolkien stated that female dwarves are rare, and disguise themselves as male when they must travel, female Discworld dwarfs are common, but are traditionally indistinguishable from males at all times.

        Dwarfs prefer not to spend much time on the subject; the dwarfish language has a gender neutral pronoun, usually rendered as "he" when speaking human languages. Dwarfish courtship is an incredibly tactful affair, primarily concerned with finding out which gender the other dwarf is (this may have been retconned by the time of the novel, 'Thud', where it is stated that Samuel Vimes, a human, has picked up a knack for judging the gender of dwarfs, making it likely that they are able to tell amongst themselves).

        Despite the awkwardness that comes of this, it is traditionally considered rude to discuss female dwarfs in conversation.

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          #14
          of course cuk has its own resident dwarf - stand up spod!

          What do you mean you are standing up?

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            #15
            Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
            Did you hear about the dwarf psychic who escaped from prison?

            Police have announced there is a small medium at large!
            A topical joke for today. Well done..

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              #16
              FFS, It's DWARVES.

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                #17
                Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
                FFS, It's DWARVES.

                ... or not.

                English plural - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

                For dwarf, the common form of the plural was dwarfs —as, for example, in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs— until J. R. R. Tolkien popularized dwarves; he intended the changed spelling to differentiate the "dwarf" fantasy race in his novels from the cuter and simpler beings common in fairy tales, but his usage has since spread. Multiple astronomical dwarf stars and multiple nonmythological short human beings, however, remain dwarfs.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
                  I seem to be seeing them around a lot more these days.

                  There is one by the bus stop most days I go to the pub, and there must be a dating site or something because I saw a nice couple in Tescos the other week. In fact she looked mighty attractive



                  I'm not seeing many dwarves around, but I've noticed lots and lots of gingers around...

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by carlosLondon View Post
                    I'm not seeing many dwarves around, but I've noticed lots and lots of gingers around...
                    Have you tried looking in a downwards direction?

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by carlosLondon View Post
                      I'm not seeing many dwarves around, but I've noticed lots and lots of gingers around...
                      Ever noticed you can't get midget ginger porn. It's just sick.
                      What happens in General, stays in General.
                      You know what they say about assumptions!

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