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Old Dickens: long flights

2022-02-19T02:08:23Z

long flights

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	While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis:		While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis:
	* There is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios.		* There is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios.
			* The Lancre coven fly them to Genua in {{WA}}.
	* [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}.		* [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}.
	* Another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}}.		* Another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}}.

Lias Bluestone: spello

2021-01-03T21:49:26Z

spello

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	A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.		A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.

	There was the suggestion in {{WA}} to create a huge ~~bezom~~ with stewardess and meals served. So far nothing has come from this on the Disc.		There was the suggestion in {{WA}} to create a huge besom with stewardess and meals served. So far nothing has come from this on the Disc.

	Elsewhere on the Disc other flying aids are employed: [[Elves]] use yarrow stalks and in [[Klatch]] the [[Magic Carpet\|magic carpet]] is the flying aid of preference. A lightly-loaded broomstick can achieve seventy miles per hour, about as much wind as the rider can withstand. (However, in keeping with the Wizardly ethos of "let's see what this baby can ''really'' do!", a wizard's staff used in the broomstick role can and will go much, much, much, faster. As an illustration, consider the [[Dean]], who is undergoing a prolonged second childhood and who would leap at the chance to be considered a boy racer...) The carpet appears to be slower, if more comfortable.		Elsewhere on the Disc other flying aids are employed: [[Elves]] use yarrow stalks and in [[Klatch]] the [[Magic Carpet\|magic carpet]] is the flying aid of preference. A lightly-loaded broomstick can achieve seventy miles per hour, about as much wind as the rider can withstand. (However, in keeping with the Wizardly ethos of "let's see what this baby can ''really'' do!", a wizard's staff used in the broomstick role can and will go much, much, much, faster. As an illustration, consider the [[Dean]], who is undergoing a prolonged second childhood and who would leap at the chance to be considered a boy racer...) The carpet appears to be slower, if more comfortable.

Holly Mercer at 15:28, 30 December 2020

2020-12-30T15:28:43Z

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	* Another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}}.		* Another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}}.
	* A previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider... Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion (omafiets).).		* A previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider... Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion (omafiets).).
	* ~~They are also used~~ in {{T!}} as one of the means to tune the coaches of [[Sam Vimes]]. He needs to get to [[Koom Valley]] very - you could say magically - fast, but only with a little hocus and no pocus.		* The University provides some in {{T!}} as one of the means to tune the coaches of [[Sam Vimes]]. He needs to get to [[Koom Valley]] very - you could say magically - fast, but only with a little hocus and no pocus.

	A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.		A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.

Old Dickens: dusting

2015-02-16T00:50:57Z

dusting

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	A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic\|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.		A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic\|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.

	While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis:		While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis:
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	There was the suggestion in {{WA}} to create a huge bezom with stewardess and meals served. So far nothing has come from this on the Disc.		There was the suggestion in {{WA}} to create a huge bezom with stewardess and meals served. So far nothing has come from this on the Disc.

	Elsewhere on the Disc other flying aids are employed: [[Elves]] use yarrow stalks and in [[Klatch]] the [[Magic Carpet\|magic carpet]] is flying aid of preference. A lightly-loaded broomstick can achieve seventy miles per hour, about as much wind as the rider can withstand. (However, in keeping with the Wizardly ethos of "let's see what this baby can ''really'' do!", a wizard's staff used in the broomstick role can and will go much, much, much, faster. As an illustration, consider the [[Dean]], who is undergoing a prolonged second childhood and who would leap at the chance to be considered a boy racer...) The carpet appears to be slower, if more comfortable.		Elsewhere on the Disc other flying aids are employed: [[Elves]] use yarrow stalks and in [[Klatch]] the [[Magic Carpet\|magic carpet]] is the flying aid of preference. A lightly-loaded broomstick can achieve seventy miles per hour, about as much wind as the rider can withstand. (However, in keeping with the Wizardly ethos of "let's see what this baby can ''really'' do!", a wizard's staff used in the broomstick role can and will go much, much, much, faster. As an illustration, consider the [[Dean]], who is undergoing a prolonged second childhood and who would leap at the chance to be considered a boy racer...) The carpet appears to be slower, if more comfortable.

	==Annotation==		==Annotation==
			In the north of England and elsewhere, a '''[[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]]''' is a name for the classical broomstick made by firmly tying broom twigs to the end of a long stout staff of wood.
	in the north of England and elsewhere, a '''[[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]]''' is a name for the classical broomstick made by firmly tying broom twigs to the end of a long stout staff of wood.

	A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp\|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29\|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural extension, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.		A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp\|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29\|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural extension, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.

Old Dickens: sp

2013-11-25T01:28:47Z

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	in the north of England and elsewhere, a '''[[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]]''' is a name for the classical broomstick made by firmly tying broom twigs to the end of a long stout staff of wood.		in the north of England and elsewhere, a '''[[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]]''' is a name for the classical broomstick made by firmly tying broom twigs to the end of a long stout staff of wood.

	A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp\|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29\|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural ~~extention~~, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.		A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp\|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29\|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural extension, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.


	[[Category:Devices]]		[[Category:Devices]]
	[[de:Hexenbesen]]		[[de:Hexenbesen]]

Old Dickens at 01:27, 25 November 2013

2013-11-25T01:27:01Z

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	A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp\|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29\|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural extention, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.		A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp\|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29\|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural extention, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.


	[[Category:Devices]]		[[Category:Devices]]
	[[de:Hexenbesen]]		[[de:Hexenbesen]]

EinFritz: Broomsticks are used to tune coaches in Thud! Layout changed a bit and hopefully improved

2013-10-05T18:10:55Z

Broomsticks are used to tune coaches in Thud! Layout changed a bit and hopefully improved

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	A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic\|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.		A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic\|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.

	While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis: ~~there~~ is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios. [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}~~, another~~ is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}} ~~and a~~ previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider...Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion (omafiets).)		While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis:
			* There is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios.
			* [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}.
			* Another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}}.
			* A previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider... Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion (omafiets).).
			* They are also used in {{T!}} as one of the means to tune the coaches of [[Sam Vimes]]. He needs to get to [[Koom Valley]] very - you could say magically - fast, but only with a little hocus and no pocus.

	A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.		A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.

Anonymous at 19:21, 11 November 2012

2012-11-11T19:21:36Z

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	A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic\|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.		A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic\|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom\|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.

	While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis: there is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios. [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}, another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}} and a previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider...Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion.)		While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis: there is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios. [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}, another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}} and a previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider...Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion (omafiets).)

	A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.		A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.

User: 1 revision: Discworld import

2012-09-23T21:54:11Z

1 revision: Discworld import

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A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by [[Witches magic|witches]]. It takes the form of the standard [[wikipedia:Besom|besom]], ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. (From the broom plant, ie ''broomstick''.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory.

While associated with witches, [[Wizard's magic|wizards]] have been known to use them in extremis: there is apparently a museum at [[Unseen University]] where several fine examples are kept as curios. [[Ridcully]] uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in {{MP}}, another is used to fetch [[Dr. Lawn]] to a medical emergency in {{NW}} and a previous Archchancellor daringly took [[Granny Weatherwax]] on a joy-ride. Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider...Granny had just acquired her broom at that time; a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a ''split-window Morris Minor'' has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion.)

A wizard's [[staff]] has been disguised as one by the cunning expedient of tying broom twigs to it, and in the hands of a mere cleaner, this potent magical artefact was overlooked by passing wizards. On the other hand, [[Moist von Lipwig]] disguised an ordinary besom as a magical broomstick to wind up (or put the wind up) [[Reacher Gilt]] before the great race in {{GP}}.

There was the suggestion in {{WA}} to create a huge bezom with stewardess and meals served. So far nothing has come from this on the Disc.

Elsewhere on the Disc other flying aids are employed: [[Elves]] use yarrow stalks and in [[Klatch]] the [[Magic Carpet|magic carpet]] is flying aid of preference. A lightly-loaded broomstick can achieve seventy miles per hour, about as much wind as the rider can withstand. (However, in keeping with the Wizardly ethos of "let's see what this baby can ''really'' do!", a wizard's staff used in the broomstick role can and will go much, much, much, faster. As an illustration, consider the [[Dean]], who is undergoing a prolonged second childhood and who would leap at the chance to be considered a boy racer...) The carpet appears to be slower, if more comfortable.

==Annotation==

in the north of England and elsewhere, a '''[[wikipedia:Besom|besom]]''' is a name for the classical broomstick made by firmly tying broom twigs to the end of a long stout staff of wood.

A besom is also a not-entirely-complimentary term for the sort of {{wp|Nora_Batty#Nora_Batty_.28Kathy_Staff.29|Nora Batty}} figure, a stout woman of firm ideas in late middle age (or elderly), who would wield a broomstick with almost as deadly an effect as she would wield her tongue. By natural extention, it was also a synonym for '''witch''' in both its descriptive and pejorative usages.

[[Category:Devices]]
[[de:Hexenbesen]]