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[Discworld] Why was Lord Vetinari so terrified of mimes?
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I don't recall him being terrified. Just... unforgiving.

The Assassin's guild, where Vetinari was trained, was right nexto and in fact shared a wall with the Clowns Guild, and in many ways familiarity breeds contempt. But consider what Mimes are in relation to clowns:

Clowns are noisy, sloppy, graceless, tragic parodies of humanity, in general. They exist to be laughed at, not with. They are the lowest common denominator in any room, including rooms that include Foul Ole Ron. 

Contrast, if you will, with the mime. Mimes are silent, precise, and graceful. In many ways, they represent the highly educated and highly trained assassin, but lower all of that elegant precision to *clowning*. They are an affront to the sensibilities of a master assassin with a Linguistics major and a waste of the training the represent.