The Last Continent

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Rincewind seems to have stumbled into the world-famous Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. A galah is also a small pink parrot with a grey head. They are apparently very gentle and inoffensive birds, which makes it harder to understand why “galah” is also a Australian slang term of derision meaning “likeable fool” or “simpleton”. Apparently, transvestites are not entirely welcome in the Sydney Mardi Gras.