Al-Ybi - Revision history

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	~~{{Nation Data~~
	~~\|title= Al-Ybi~~
	~~\|geographical features=Empty desert~~
	~~\|population=Bored~~
	~~\|size=Small~~
	~~\|books={{WA}}~~
	}}
	'''Al-Ybi''' is a mostly unremarkable desert city in [[Klatch]]. Al-Ybi's reputation for boringness has entered it in folklore as the place where Klatchians invented the concept of zero. This makes sense to noted [[Fred Colon\|Ankh-Morporkian scholars]], who reason that since empty desert is basically nothing, nothing is a ready natural resource to Klatchians.		'''Al-Ybi''' is a mostly unremarkable desert city in [[Klatch]]. Al-Ybi's reputation for boringness has entered it in folklore as the place where Klatchians invented the concept of zero. This makes sense to noted [[Fred Colon\|Ankh-Morporkian scholars]], who reason that since empty desert is basically nothing, nothing is a ready natural resource to Klatchians.

Old Dickens: templates. I wonder how Fanny Adams connects.

2017-04-26T18:20:55Z

templates. I wonder how Fanny Adams connects.

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	Al-Ybi's name is a play on ''alibi'', a person's claim to have been elsewhere when a crime has taken place. This fits with Fred Colon's assertion that Klatchians invented everything with al- in the name, including al-gebra, al-cohol, and al-stronomy.		Al-Ybi's name is a play on ''alibi'', a person's claim to have been elsewhere when a crime has taken place. This fits with Fred Colon's assertion that Klatchians invented everything with al- in the name, including al-gebra, al-cohol, and al-stronomy.

	Needing a ready target to shift blame transcends cultures—see also the Dwarf entity [[Agi Hammerthief]] or the Ankh-Morporkian expression ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Fanny_Adams "sweet Fanny Adams"].		Needing a ready target to shift blame transcends cultures—see also the Dwarf entity [[Agi Hammerthief]] or the Ankh-Morporkian expression {{wp\|Fanny_Adams\|"sweet Fanny Adams"}}.

	The cursed Seriph of Al-Ybi is a twist on the myth of ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Midas King Midas]. Turning everything into gold is bad, but turning everything into a furious Dwarf is possibly even worse.		The cursed Seriph of Al-Ybi is a twist on the myth of {{wp\|Midas\|King Midas}}. Turning everything into gold is bad, but turning everything into a furious Dwarf is possibly even worse.

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-A [[Klatch|klatchian]] desert city where it is said that the Klatchians invented the concept of zero.
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-A greedy Seriph of the city was once cursed by a [[gods|dyslexic deity]] so that everything he touched turned into glod.  [[Glod]] being a blameless dwarf in a far off mountain community, who found himself being dragged to Al-Ybi and relentlessly duplicated. Over two thousand glods later the curse wore off. But to this day the people of Al-Ybi have a reputation for being both bad tempered and short in stature.
+Since nothing happens in Al-Ybi, it is also a safe place for criminals to claim to have been whenever they stand accused of a crime.
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	A [[Klatch\|klatchian]] desert city where it is said that the Klatchians invented the concept of zero.		A [[Klatch\|klatchian]] desert city where it is said that the Klatchians invented the concept of zero.

	A greedy Seriph of the city was once cursed by a [[gods\|dyslexic deity]] so that everything he touched turned into glod. [[Glod]] being a blameless dwarf in a far off mountain community, who found himself being dragged to Al-Ybi and relentlessly duplicated. Over two thousand glods later the curse wore off. But to this day the people of Al-Ybi have a reputation for being both bad tempered and short in stature.		A greedy Seriph of the city was once cursed by a [[gods\|dyslexic deity]] so that everything he touched turned into glod. [[Glod]] being a blameless dwarf in a far off mountain community, who found himself being dragged to Al-Ybi and relentlessly duplicated. Over two thousand glods later the curse wore off. But to this day the people of Al-Ybi have a reputation for being both bad tempered and short in stature.

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A [[Klatch|klatchian]] desert city where it is said that the Klatchians invented the concept of zero.

A greedy Seriph of the city was once cursed by a [[gods|dyslexic deity]] so that everything he touched turned into glod. [[Glod]] being a blameless dwarf in a far off mountain community, who found himself being dragged to Al-Ybi and relentlessly duplicated. Over two thousand glods later the curse wore off. But to this day the people of Al-Ybi have a reputation for being both bad tempered and short in stature.

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	~~{{Nation Data~~
	~~\|title= Al-Ybi~~
	~~\|geographical features=Empty desert~~
	~~\|population=Bored~~
	~~\|size=Small~~
	~~\|books={{WA}}~~
	}}
	'''Al-Ybi''' is a mostly unremarkable desert city in [[Klatch]]. Al-Ybi's reputation for boringness has entered it in folklore as the place where Klatchians invented the concept of zero. This makes sense to noted [[Fred Colon\|Ankh-Morporkian scholars]], who reason that since empty desert is basically nothing, nothing is a ready natural resource to Klatchians.		'''Al-Ybi''' is a mostly unremarkable desert city in [[Klatch]]. Al-Ybi's reputation for boringness has entered it in folklore as the place where Klatchians invented the concept of zero. This makes sense to noted [[Fred Colon\|Ankh-Morporkian scholars]], who reason that since empty desert is basically nothing, nothing is a ready natural resource to Klatchians.