Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)

by Terry Pratchett

It was amazing how many friends you could make by being bad at things, provided you were bad enough to be funny.

“It can’t be intelligent, can it?” said the Bursar. “All it’s doing is moving around slowly and eating things,” said the Dean. “Put a pointy hat on it and it’d be a faculty member,” said the Archchancellor.