IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT /MEANT/ TO BE SAFE.

It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.

You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

Biers was where the undead drank. And when Igor the barman was asked for a Bloody Mary, he didn't mix a metaphor.

DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.