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	* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.		* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.
	* {{wp\|Tom_Sharpe\|Tom Sharpe}}'s "Piemburg" farces get a look in - admittedly set in South Africa (Rimwards Howondaland?) but the scene where the extremely dense Konstabel Els is co-opted as Civic Hangman is homaged, in the episode where a good-natured but inept hangman is preparing Rincewind for the noose. In ''Riotous Assembly'', Els cannot grasp that you weigh the condemned ''without'' his shackles, chains and manacles to assess the length of drop needed. As with ~~els~~ and Bishop Hazelstone (he is to hang an Anglican Bishop for crimes against apartheid - it makes sense in context), the Fourecksian hangman proposes to execute Rincewind whilst in ''his'' chains. A discussion ensues about the sheer unsupported weight serving to rip the executee's head off and owing to Newton's Third Law, flying a long way in the opposite direction to the body. This is pretty much the discourse in Sharpe's novel between Els and Hazelstone. (As mentioned elsewhere, Sharpe's Piemburg Police Force may have been an influence on the City Watch: Els is a sort of Afrikaaner Nobby ~~nobbs~~ shorn of the redeeming virtues.)		* {{wp\|Tom_Sharpe\|Tom Sharpe}}'s "Piemburg" farces get a look in - admittedly set in South Africa (Rimwards Howondaland?) but the scene where the extremely dense Konstabel Els is co-opted as Civic Hangman is homaged, in the episode where a good-natured but inept hangman is preparing Rincewind for the noose. In ''Riotous Assembly'', Els cannot grasp that you weigh the condemned ''without'' his shackles, chains and manacles to assess the length of drop needed. As with Els and Bishop Hazelstone (he is to hang an Anglican Bishop for crimes against apartheid - it makes sense in context), the Fourecksian hangman proposes to execute Rincewind whilst in ''his'' chains. A discussion ensues about the sheer unsupported weight serving to rip the executee's head off and owing to Newton's Third Law, flying a long way in the opposite direction to the body. This is pretty much the discourse in Sharpe's novel between Els and Hazelstone. (As mentioned elsewhere, Sharpe's Piemburg Police Force may have been an influence on the City Watch: Els is a sort of Afrikaaner Nobby Nobbs shorn of the redeeming virtues.)

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AgProv: /* Roundworld literature/etc parodied (excluding those already mentioned above): */

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Roundworld literature/etc parodied (excluding those already mentioned above):

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	* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.		* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.
	* {{wp\|Tom_Sharpe}}'s "Piemburg" farces get a look in - admittedly set in South Africa (Rimwards Howondaland?) but the scene where the extremely dense Konstabel Els is co-opted as Civic Hangman is homaged, in the episode where a good-natured but inept hangman is preparing Rincewind for the noose. In ''Riotous Assembly'', Els cannot grasp that you weigh the condemned ''without'' his shackles, chains and manacles to assess the length of drop needed. As with els and Bishop Hazelstone (he is to hang an Anglican Bishop for crimes against apartheid - it makes sense in context), the Fourecksian hangman proposes to execute Rincewind whilst in ''his'' chains. A discussion ensues about the sheer unsupported weight serving to rip the executee's head off and owing to Newton's Third Law, flying a long way in the opposite direction to the body. This is pretty much the discourse in Sharpe's novel between Els and Hazelstone. (As mentioned elsewhere, Sharpe's Piemburg Police Force may have been an influence on the City Watch: Els is a sort of Afrikaaner Nobby nobbs shorn of the redeeming virtues.)		* {{wp\|Tom_Sharpe\|Tom Sharpe}}'s "Piemburg" farces get a look in - admittedly set in South Africa (Rimwards Howondaland?) but the scene where the extremely dense Konstabel Els is co-opted as Civic Hangman is homaged, in the episode where a good-natured but inept hangman is preparing Rincewind for the noose. In ''Riotous Assembly'', Els cannot grasp that you weigh the condemned ''without'' his shackles, chains and manacles to assess the length of drop needed. As with els and Bishop Hazelstone (he is to hang an Anglican Bishop for crimes against apartheid - it makes sense in context), the Fourecksian hangman proposes to execute Rincewind whilst in ''his'' chains. A discussion ensues about the sheer unsupported weight serving to rip the executee's head off and owing to Newton's Third Law, flying a long way in the opposite direction to the body. This is pretty much the discourse in Sharpe's novel between Els and Hazelstone. (As mentioned elsewhere, Sharpe's Piemburg Police Force may have been an influence on the City Watch: Els is a sort of Afrikaaner Nobby nobbs shorn of the redeeming virtues.)

	==Continuity error?==		==Continuity error?==

AgProv: /* Roundworld literature/etc parodied (excluding those already mentioned above): */ As seen in the fictional South Africa

2016-10-08T14:32:17Z

Roundworld literature/etc parodied (excluding those already mentioned above):: As seen in the fictional South Africa

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	* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.		* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.
			* {{wp\|Tom_Sharpe}}'s "Piemburg" farces get a look in - admittedly set in South Africa (Rimwards Howondaland?) but the scene where the extremely dense Konstabel Els is co-opted as Civic Hangman is homaged, in the episode where a good-natured but inept hangman is preparing Rincewind for the noose. In ''Riotous Assembly'', Els cannot grasp that you weigh the condemned ''without'' his shackles, chains and manacles to assess the length of drop needed. As with els and Bishop Hazelstone (he is to hang an Anglican Bishop for crimes against apartheid - it makes sense in context), the Fourecksian hangman proposes to execute Rincewind whilst in ''his'' chains. A discussion ensues about the sheer unsupported weight serving to rip the executee's head off and owing to Newton's Third Law, flying a long way in the opposite direction to the body. This is pretty much the discourse in Sharpe's novel between Els and Hazelstone. (As mentioned elsewhere, Sharpe's Piemburg Police Force may have been an influence on the City Watch: Els is a sort of Afrikaaner Nobby nobbs shorn of the redeeming virtues.)

	==Continuity error?==		==Continuity error?==

Old Dickens: fix link

2016-05-03T21:30:05Z

fix link

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	''"...all you need now is to be good at some damn silly bat and ball game that no one's invented yet..." '' but in the Discworld it already has been invented and is a time-honoured gamed played in ~~the~~ [[Shires]] - [[Crockett]]. History Monks again?		''"...all you need now is to be good at some damn silly bat and ball game that no one's invented yet..." '' but in the Discworld it already has been invented and is a time-honoured gamed played in [[the Shires]] - [[Crockett]]. History Monks again?

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AgProv: But....

2016-05-03T20:41:58Z

But....

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	* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.		* (Film) ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' - comedy about a young Australian's misadventures on first arriving in London, notable for a plethora of interesting and colourful descriptions of vomiting. (as used in this book), as well as one of the first appearances outside Australia of Barry Humphries' alter-ego Mrs (later Dame) Edna Everage, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Rincewind is essentially a Barry McKenzie travelling in the opposite direction.

			==Continuity error?==
			''"...all you need now is to be good at some damn silly bat and ball game that no one's invented yet..." '' but in the Discworld it already has been invented and is a time-honoured gamed played in the [[Shires]] - [[Crockett]]. History Monks again?

	==External==		==External==

Barrycarter: added petrichor

2016-04-02T15:05:57Z

added petrichor

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	Rules One, Three, Five and Seven are barely hinted at, except perhaps in passing references to "pozzas". But very much the Bruces at the University of Wolamaloo.		Rules One, Three, Five and Seven are barely hinted at, except perhaps in passing references to "pozzas". But very much the Bruces at the University of Wolamaloo.

			* "Rincewind spoke a fairly primitive language, and it had no word for 'that smell you get after rain' other than 'that smell you get after rain'." In our world, there actually is such a word, though it's not widely used: {{wp\|petrichor\|petrichor}}

	==Other References==		==Other References==

AgProv: Rincewind, the songbook... tidying

2016-01-22T20:07:03Z

Rincewind, the songbook... tidying

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	* '''Corgi pb page 248''':''Once a moderately jolly wizzard camped by...'' Move on through the set-up to ''And he swore as he hacked and he hacked at a can of beer, saying "What kind of '''''idiots''''' put beer in tins?". Can be sung to the tume of "Waltzing Matilda". Probably by sheer coincidence.		* '''Corgi pb page 248''':''Once a moderately jolly wizzard camped by...'' Move on through the set-up to ''And he swore as he hacked and he hacked at a can of beer, saying "What kind of '''''idiots''''' put beer in tins?"''. Can be sung to the tume of "Waltzing Matilda". Probably by sheer coincidence.

AgProv: Rincewind, the songbook...

2016-01-22T20:06:31Z

Rincewind, the songbook...

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	'''This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding. At the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewer every half an hour. The ''Nuits St Wogga-Wogga'' has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit and is particularly suited for hand to hand-combat....'''		'''This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding. At the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewer every half an hour. The ''Nuits St Wogga-Wogga'' has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit and is particularly suited for hand to hand-combat....'''


			* '''Corgi pb page 248''':''Once a moderately jolly wizzard camped by...'' Move on through the set-up to ''And he swore as he hacked and he hacked at a can of beer, saying "What kind of '''''idiots''''' put beer in tins?". Can be sung to the tume of "Waltzing Matilda". Probably by sheer coincidence.

AgProv: slartibarfast homage

2016-01-21T03:02:45Z

slartibarfast homage

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	* The "Small Boring Group of Faint Stars" is fairly bright when the wizards travel back in time. If the ancients named it, why did they call it faint and boring (did they know it would become so in several thousand years?) Or have the wizards simply travelled back far, far beyond the time of the stars being named?		* The "Small Boring Group of Faint Stars" is fairly bright when the wizards travel back in time. If the ancients named it, why did they call it faint and boring (did they know it would become so in several thousand years?) Or have the wizards simply travelled back far, far beyond the time of the stars being named?
	** Possibly Great A'Tuin reversed course and is retracing its previous route to the Red Star, so the old astronomical signs are reappearing? The ancients might've named the Small Boring Group of Faint Stars on a previous trip along the same path, when the Turtle came to deposit or check up on the eggs.		** Possibly Great A'Tuin reversed course and is retracing its previous route to the Red Star, so the old astronomical signs are reappearing? The ancients might've named the Small Boring Group of Faint Stars on a previous trip along the same path, when the Turtle came to deposit or check up on the eggs.

			* '''Corgi pb page 110''': the Creator is described as somebody who likes to leave kangaroos wherever he goes on every world he builds. You know, as a sort of ''signature''. Compare Slartibartfast, the Magrathean planet-builder in ''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', who does a similar thing with fjords on all his worlds. He also leaves signed portraits of himself in remote hard-to-reach glaciers.

	* Rincewind introduces the concept of [[parrot\|parrots]] to XXXX. They already exist outside XXXX as we see in {{MP}} and {{E}}.		* Rincewind introduces the concept of [[parrot\|parrots]] to XXXX. They already exist outside XXXX as we see in {{MP}} and {{E}}.

Robuer: Fake jam with wooden pips

2015-09-20T17:03:22Z

Fake jam with wooden pips

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	* [Corgi PB p74] A footnote mentions that books on holiday turn into books "with a name containing at least one Greek word or letter", even though Greece doesn't exist on the Discworld. Not necessarily an error: perhaps this transformation is cross-dimensional; also consider that footnotes are a way for an author to communicate directly with the reader, rather than via the story, and so do not have to stay "in character". The orthography used in Ephebe is in any case suspiciously akin to the Greek alphabet - regard the inscription on the [[Summer Lady]]'s [[cornucopia]] in {{W}}.		* [Corgi PB p74] A footnote mentions that books on holiday turn into books "with a name containing at least one Greek word or letter", even though Greece doesn't exist on the Discworld. Not necessarily an error: perhaps this transformation is cross-dimensional; also consider that footnotes are a way for an author to communicate directly with the reader, rather than via the story, and so do not have to stay "in character". The orthography used in Ephebe is in any case suspiciously akin to the Greek alphabet - regard the inscription on the [[Summer Lady]]'s [[cornucopia]] in {{W}}.

			* [Corgi PB p95] In his encounter with Scrappy down in the cave, Rincewind eats a gooseberry jam sandwich and detects hints of other jams in there "You know, I think there could be plum in it, too? [...] And maybe some rhubarb. You'd be amazed how often they do that sort of thing. You know, stuff cheaper fruit in. I met this man in an inn once, he worked for a jam-maker in Ankh-Morpork, and he said they put in any old rubbish and some red dye, and I said what about the raspberry pips, and he said they make them out of wood. Wood! He said they'd got a machine for stamping 'em out." According to the BBC's QI (S06E06 XL), this practice was rather common in the 19th and early 20th century. Especially, raspberry jam was substituted by rhubarb and/or sweetened turnips with fake wooden pips. The practice was so common that factories were opened to produce these wooden pips.

	* [Corgi PB p154] The concept of "if you were marooned on a desert island... what kind of music would you like to listen to" is fairly old, but may be a parody of {{wp\|Desert_Island_Discs\|Desert Island Discs}}.		* [Corgi PB p154] The concept of "if you were marooned on a desert island... what kind of music would you like to listen to" is fairly old, but may be a parody of {{wp\|Desert_Island_Discs\|Desert Island Discs}}.