Marks
Marks noun - English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
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An earlier statement in Reaper Man that "five exclamation marks are the sure sign of a diseased mind" is expanded on here, to the point where a character's ongoing descent into madness is marked by the number of exclamation marks after his statements.
Source: Discworld / Maskerade - If multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind, then so's that.
Source: So Bad Its Good / Literature -
This comes not long after he claims to be the Only Sane Man, using multiple exclamation marks (a sure sign of madness).
Source: Discworld / Maskerade
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