It is a truth universally acknowledged that a text in possession of more than a passing reference to a certain literary work that shall not be named, must begin with the phrase 'It is a truth universally acknowledged'.

Let’s go, lots more to see. That was an example of one of our support groups, of course. Werewolves. Terrible, terrible, especially living in crowded populations like those three, pain on the nose, from what I hear.

The wave from 'Unseen University' had been somewhat alarming, Mal had to admit. After all, it wasn’t every day one encountered an orangutan capable of operating this kind of communications technology.

While it is highly improbable, due to fundamental gravitational interactions, for a stable planetary body to take the shape of a finite convex disc rather than the more common oblate spheroid, it is not physically impossible for the accretionary process to create--

"Unseen University, this is Jurisfiction. We will require your co-operation. Your premises have been compromised by--"

Unseen University doesn't *really* need Ponder Stibbons all that much. At least, so Ridcully thinks. But when the University faces the greatest catastrophe of its time, he starts to understand Ponder's true value.