Hm, okay, seen in that light, the "Girls night out" fits somewhat better in the overall plot... Still, it had a different... flavour than the rest of the book.

Another point I'd like to hear your opinions on: I think PTerry did a fantastic job showing how followers of the same belief could come out as different as Ardent and Bashful, and under which circumstances.
And... did the description of how the orthodox dwarfs dress remind only me of some kind of Disc Ayatollahs?
The "recruitment" mechanisms of the orthodox dwafs was interesting, too.
And the twist at the end, the revealing of what Koom Valley had meant to be once... yes, that was... ... ... *sobs*