The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog's wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has it's own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It's like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you.
Terry PratchettVerence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.
Terry PratchettEvery procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine - once. Like the Borg, they learn.
Terry Pratchett