Boat Race - Revision history

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	The account further notes that " It is possible to do this since the river Ankh is so turgid that it can barely be considered mobile. In the earlier days the rowing boats had a man at the helm to dig a way through the water. This is no longer required." ({{CAM}}, p 93). This may add a little clarification to the individual award of "Head of the River" which is given in passing in the canonical text.		The account further notes that " It is possible to do this since the river Ankh is so turgid that it can barely be considered mobile. In the earlier days the rowing boats had a man at the helm to dig a way through the water. This is no longer required." ({{CAM}}, p 93). This may add a little clarification to the individual award of "Head of the River" which is given in passing in the canonical text.

	''[[University ~~Browns~~\|Browns]]'' are the prestigious award given for representing the Unseen University at a high-level sporting event. Both [[Mustrum Ridcully]] and the previous [[Dean]] were awarded Browns for Rowing in their younger days. As the river [[Ankh (river)\|Ankh]] is no limpid sweet-flowing Isis, the award of a Brown to members of the university's boating team is ''entirely'' appropriate. The Ankh being what it is, the boots generally corrode rather badly, another reason for their brown-ness... Ridcully still displays a pair of mouldering brown boots on the walls of his study, in recognition of his meritorious holding of a Brown.		''[[University Brown\|Browns]]'' are the prestigious award given for representing the Unseen University at a high-level sporting event. Both [[Mustrum Ridcully]] and the previous [[Dean]] were awarded Browns for Rowing in their younger days. As the river [[Ankh (river)\|Ankh]] is no limpid sweet-flowing Isis, the award of a Brown to members of the university's boating team is ''entirely'' appropriate. The Ankh being what it is, the boots generally corrode rather badly, another reason for their brown-ness... Ridcully still displays a pair of mouldering brown boots on the walls of his study, in recognition of his meritorious holding of a Brown.

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	The account further notes that " It is possible to do this since the river Ankh is so turgid that it can barely be considered mobile. In the earlier days the rowing boats had a man at the helm to dig a way through the water. This is no longer required." ({{CAM}}, p 93). This may add a little clarification to the individual award of "Head of the River" which is given in passing in the canonical text.		The account further notes that " It is possible to do this since the river Ankh is so turgid that it can barely be considered mobile. In the earlier days the rowing boats had a man at the helm to dig a way through the water. This is no longer required." ({{CAM}}, p 93). This may add a little clarification to the individual award of "Head of the River" which is given in passing in the canonical text.

	"[[Browns]]'' are the prestigious award given for representing the Unseen University at a high-level sporting event. Both [[Mustrum Ridcully]] and the previous [[Dean]] were awarded Browns for Rowing in their younger days. As the river [[Ankh (river)\|Ankh]] is no limpid sweet-flowing Isis, the award of a Brown to members of the university's boating team is ''entirely'' appropriate. The Ankh being what it is, the boots generally corrode rather badly, another reason for their brown-ness... Ridcully still displays a pair of mouldering brown boots on the walls of his study, in recognition of his meritorious holding of a Brown.		''[[University Browns\|Browns]]'' are the prestigious award given for representing the Unseen University at a high-level sporting event. Both [[Mustrum Ridcully]] and the previous [[Dean]] were awarded Browns for Rowing in their younger days. As the river [[Ankh (river)\|Ankh]] is no limpid sweet-flowing Isis, the award of a Brown to members of the university's boating team is ''entirely'' appropriate. The Ankh being what it is, the boots generally corrode rather badly, another reason for their brown-ness... Ridcully still displays a pair of mouldering brown boots on the walls of his study, in recognition of his meritorious holding of a Brown.

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The Boat Race is a running race across the crust of the Ankh ''carrying'' the boat. {{CAM}} goes into more detail and relates that "The [[Unseen University]] Boat Race is a good spectator sport, consisting as it does of two teams of students wearing very wide-soled shoes running across the river from the University boatyard to the [[Brass Bridge]] whilst carrying a racing skiff".

The account further notes that " It is possible to do this since the river Ankh is so turgid that it can barely be considered mobile. In the earlier days the rowing boats had a man at the helm to dig a way through the water. This is no longer required." ({{CAM}}, p 93). This may add a little clarification to the individual award of "Head of the River" which is given in passing in the canonical text.

"[[Browns]]'' are the prestigious award given for representing the Unseen University at a high-level sporting event. Both [[Mustrum Ridcully]] and the previous [[Dean]] were awarded Browns for Rowing in their younger days. As the river [[Ankh (river)|Ankh]] is no limpid sweet-flowing Isis, the award of a Brown to members of the university's boating team is ''entirely'' appropriate. The Ankh being what it is, the boots generally corrode rather badly, another reason for their brown-ness... Ridcully still displays a pair of mouldering brown boots on the walls of his study, in recognition of his meritorious holding of a Brown.

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