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Old Dickens: remove unreasonable and misspelled speculation

2021-02-16T01:13:38Z

remove unreasonable and misspelled speculation

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	...It appears that neither Granny nor Nanny has yet considered this possibility, but Greebo, in his lifelong quest to be the only set of male feline genes in town, quite possibly has a little part of his brain hardwired to checking out future possibilities. Any kittens born of these two parents, further down the line, should have a ''most'' interesting pedigree, particularly if by the rather elastic laws of Discworld genetics they inherit Daddy's ability to Turn Human in a tight corner.		...It appears that neither Granny nor Nanny has yet considered this possibility, but Greebo, in his lifelong quest to be the only set of male feline genes in town, quite possibly has a little part of his brain hardwired to checking out future possibilities. Any kittens born of these two parents, further down the line, should have a ''most'' interesting pedigree, particularly if by the rather elastic laws of Discworld genetics they inherit Daddy's ability to Turn Human in a tight corner.

	~~Greebo could be the start of a new breed of the many supernatural races that inhabit the Disc - the werecat, perhaps?~~

	== Annotation ==		== Annotation ==

	In Roundworld, a '''greebo''' is variously described as a slovenly, unkempt young man, or an aficionado of unfashionable styles of music such as "heavy metal" or "punk".		In Roundworld, a '''greebo''' is variously described as a slovenly, unkempt young man, or an aficionado of unfashionable styles of music such as "heavy metal" or "punk".

	== Reverse Annotation ==		== Reverse Annotation ==
	In Robert J Sawyer's science-fiction trilogy '''''The Quintaglio Ascension''''' (pub. New English Library, 1993), which is about a world where dinosaurs developed sentience and the dominant life form is an intelligent version of Tyrannosaurus Rex (but which has a problem with periodic regression into berserk territorial fights and feeding frenzies) one of the biggest, toughest, hardest Tyrannosaurs in the pack is called '''Greeblo'''. A Pratchett fan?		In Robert J Sawyer's science-fiction trilogy '''''The Quintaglio Ascension''''' (pub. New English Library, 1993), which is about a world where dinosaurs developed sentience and the dominant life form is an intelligent version of Tyrannosaurus Rex (but which has a problem with periodic regression into berserk territorial fights and feeding frenzies) one of the biggest, toughest, hardest Tyrannosaurs in the pack is called '''Greeblo'''. A Pratchett fan?


	[[de:Greebo]]		[[de:Greebo]]
	[[Category:Discworld characters]]		[[Category:Discworld characters]]
	[[Category:Serial characters]]		[[Category:Serial characters]]

Lias Bluestone at 22:42, 10 August 2018

2018-08-10T22:42:47Z

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	Greebo could be the start of a new breed of the many supernatural races that inhabit the Disc - the werecat, perhaps?		Greebo could be the start of a new breed of the many supernatural races that inhabit the Disc - the werecat, perhaps?

			== Annotation ==

	==Reverse Annotation==		In Roundworld, a '''greebo''' is variously described as a slovenly, unkempt young man, or an aficionado of unfashionable styles of music such as "heavy metal" or "punk".

			== Reverse Annotation ==
	In Robert J Sawyer's science-fiction trilogy '''''The Quintaglio Ascension''''' (pub. New English Library, 1993), which is about a world where dinosaurs developed sentience and the dominant life form is an intelligent version of Tyrannosaurus Rex (but which has a problem with periodic regression into berserk territorial fights and feeding frenzies) one of the biggest, toughest, hardest Tyrannosaurs in the pack is called '''Greeblo'''. A Pratchett fan?		In Robert J Sawyer's science-fiction trilogy '''''The Quintaglio Ascension''''' (pub. New English Library, 1993), which is about a world where dinosaurs developed sentience and the dominant life form is an intelligent version of Tyrannosaurus Rex (but which has a problem with periodic regression into berserk territorial fights and feeding frenzies) one of the biggest, toughest, hardest Tyrannosaurs in the pack is called '''Greeblo'''. A Pratchett fan?

Old Dickens: layout

2018-04-16T18:10:49Z

layout

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	[[File:Greebo_by_kiddosnightmare-d5v057w.jpg\|~~300px~~\|thumb\|~~left~~\|Courtesy of kiddosnightmare, whose work can be viewed on deviantart]]		[[File:Greebo_by_kiddosnightmare-d5v057w.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|right\|Courtesy of kiddosnightmare, whose work can be viewed on deviantart]]

	{{Character Data		{{Character Data

Old Dickens at 03:19, 17 October 2017

2017-10-17T03:19:05Z

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	\|name= Greebo		\|name= Greebo
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SpelCheque: italics

2017-09-03T23:38:46Z

italics

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	Despite the scars and the bad eye, the human Greebo's other eye glitters like the sins of angels, and his lazy smile is the downfall of saints. Female saints, anyway. He appears as a dastardly buccaneer ready to unbuckle any amount of swash; a six-foot, well muscled, grinning bully who radiates a greasy aura of raw sexual energy that can be felt several rooms away. Despite everything they ''see,'' women are ''still'' attracted to him.		Despite the scars and the bad eye, the human Greebo's other eye glitters like the sins of angels, and his lazy smile is the downfall of saints. Female saints, anyway. He appears as a dastardly buccaneer ready to unbuckle any amount of swash; a six-foot, well muscled, grinning bully who radiates a greasy aura of raw sexual energy that can be felt several rooms away. Despite everything they ''see,'' women are ''still'' attracted to him.

	Following the conclusion of Witches Abroad, Greebo still changes into human form when in a situation in which being a cat just doesn't cut the mustard. Unfortunately, he changes into a ''naked'' human. It is said that if something is done once, it's easier to do it again, and Greebo now becomes human with a worrying frequency.		Following the conclusion of ''Witches Abroad'', Greebo still changes into human form when in a situation in which being a cat just doesn't cut the mustard. Unfortunately, he changes into a ''naked'' human. It is said that if something is done once, it's easier to do it again, and Greebo now becomes human with a worrying frequency.

	Before becoming human, Greebo once swallowed a [[vampires\|vampire]] in the form of a bat. Vampires are resilient. They may have managed to rise (repeatedly) from the grave, to survive being sealed in a glass bottle in vapour form (and then thrown into the sea), to be powdered to dust and restored by the merest drop of b-vord... but if ''this'' vampire should manage to rise from the cat, the normal action of biology and digestion means this only is the start of its troubles...		Before becoming human, Greebo once swallowed a [[vampires\|vampire]] in the form of a bat. Vampires are resilient. They may have managed to rise (repeatedly) from the grave, to survive being sealed in a glass bottle in vapour form (and then thrown into the sea), to be powdered to dust and restored by the merest drop of b-vord... but if ''this'' vampire should manage to rise from the cat, the normal action of biology and digestion means this only is the start of its troubles...

SpelCheque: bold, italics

2017-09-03T23:38:15Z

bold, italics

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	Greebo is [[Nanny Ogg]]'s tomcat, he is feared in the forests of [[Lancre]] by all animals, and he is the father of most of the [[cats\|cat]] population in the area.		'''Greebo''' is [[Nanny Ogg]]'s tomcat, he is feared in the forests of [[Lancre]] by all animals, and he is the father of most of the [[cats\|cat]] population in the area.

	Flea bitten, with scars all over his face and his partially present ears he is a huge swaggering bully of a cat - renowned for once chasing a bear up a tree.		Flea bitten, with scars all over his face and his partially present ears he is a huge swaggering bully of a cat - renowned for once chasing a bear up a tree.
	He has a green left eye and a milky white right one. He is intelligent for a cat, but uses three categories to define the things he sees as "''rape, fight or eat''." This is the cat that Nanny Ogg refers to as "''Mr. Puss-puss''," and sees, in her head, as a cute little bundle of fluff - yet everyone else calls "''gerroffyerbugger!!!''"		He has a green left eye and a milky white right one. He is intelligent for a cat, but uses three categories to define the things he sees as "''rape, fight or eat''." This is the cat that Nanny Ogg refers to as "''Mr. Puss-puss''," and sees, in her head, as a cute little bundle of fluff - yet everyone else calls "''gerroffyerbugger!!!''"

	In [[Book:Witches Abroad\|Witches Abroad]] he was magically transformed into a [[humans\|human]]. Well, he was magically transformed into a cat who believes he's a human, which, being a cat, was a rather interesting experience for him. As a human, he loses none of his agility, his claws, his appetite, his teeth, or his lust for all things female. And his eyes stay the same; there's practically no magic that can do anything about the eyes. He's pretty mono-syllabic, but understands humans.		In ''[[Book:Witches Abroad\|Witches Abroad]]'' he was magically transformed into a [[humans\|human]]. Well, he was magically transformed into a cat who believes he's a human, which, being a cat, was a rather interesting experience for him. As a human, he loses none of his agility, his claws, his appetite, his teeth, or his lust for all things female. And his eyes stay the same; there's practically no magic that can do anything about the eyes. He's pretty mono-syllabic, but understands humans.

	Despite the scars and the bad eye, the human Greebo's other eye glitters like the sins of angels, and his lazy smile is the downfall of saints. Female saints, anyway. He appears as a dastardly buccaneer ready to unbuckle any amount of swash; a six-foot, well muscled, grinning bully who radiates a greasy aura of raw sexual energy that can be felt several rooms away. Despite everything they ''see,'' women are ''still'' attracted to him.		Despite the scars and the bad eye, the human Greebo's other eye glitters like the sins of angels, and his lazy smile is the downfall of saints. Female saints, anyway. He appears as a dastardly buccaneer ready to unbuckle any amount of swash; a six-foot, well muscled, grinning bully who radiates a greasy aura of raw sexual energy that can be felt several rooms away. Despite everything they ''see,'' women are ''still'' attracted to him.

Sharlee at 16:55, 29 June 2015

2015-06-29T16:55:07Z

Old Dickens: greengrocer, typi

2013-09-01T02:55:30Z

greengrocer, typi

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	* [[Erzulie Gogol]]'s familiar, the black cockerel [[Legba]], induced a feeling not unakin to that which he had when trapped in the Lancre Windmill, of being in a room full of oddly shaped furniture that, if he placed a paw wrongly, could crush him completely.		* [[Erzulie Gogol]]'s familiar, the black cockerel [[Legba]], induced a feeling not unakin to that which he had when trapped in the Lancre Windmill, of being in a room full of oddly shaped furniture that, if he placed a paw wrongly, could crush him completely.

	And, most recently, the pure white kitten [[You]], gifted to [[Granny Weatherwax]] by [[Tiffany Aching]], has in the words of [[Nanny Ogg]] "''fixed his head''" to make any future acts of aggression impossible. She did this by means of a hissing scream and a pawful of claws applied to Greebo's sensitive nose, followed by a confident air of ''Would you like some more of that, then?'' and a nonchalant assumption of Greebo's food bowl being ~~her's~~ by right of conquest.		And, most recently, the pure white kitten [[You]], gifted to [[Granny Weatherwax]] by [[Tiffany Aching]], has in the words of [[Nanny Ogg]] "''fixed his head''" to make any future acts of aggression impossible. She did this by means of a hissing scream and a pawful of claws applied to Greebo's sensitive nose, followed by a confident air of ''Would you like some more of that, then?'' and a nonchalant assumption of Greebo's food bowl being hers by right of conquest.

	There may be another way of reading this. As in {{TUC}} we are assured that an essential part of any cat courtship is the affronted female turning, hissing, spitting and giving the hopeful male a face full of claws, are Greebo and You, in their infrequent meetings, establishing the pattern for later grown-up... er... associations? (A female cat becomes fully sexually mature at between eighteen months and two years, but even then will make it very clear that ''she'' does the choosing, OK?...)		There may be another way of reading this. As in {{TUC}} we are assured that an essential part of any cat courtship is the affronted female turning, hissing, spitting and giving the hopeful male a face full of claws, are Greebo and You, in their infrequent meetings, establishing the pattern for later grown-up... er... associations? (A female cat becomes fully sexually mature at between eighteen months and two years, but even then will make it very clear that ''she'' does the choosing, OK?...)
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	...It appears that neither Granny nor Nanny has yet considered this possibility, but Greebo, in his lifelong quest to be the only set of male feline genes in town, quite possibly has a little part of his brain hardwired to checking out future possibilities. Any kittens born of these two parents, further down the line, should have a ''most'' interesting pedigree, particularly if by the rather elastic laws of Discworld genetics they inherit Daddy's ability to Turn Human in a tight corner.		...It appears that neither Granny nor Nanny has yet considered this possibility, but Greebo, in his lifelong quest to be the only set of male feline genes in town, quite possibly has a little part of his brain hardwired to checking out future possibilities. Any kittens born of these two parents, further down the line, should have a ''most'' interesting pedigree, particularly if by the rather elastic laws of Discworld genetics they inherit Daddy's ability to Turn Human in a tight corner.

	Greebo could be the start of a new breed of the many ~~supernatrual~~ races that inhabit the Disc - the werecat, perhaps?		Greebo could be the start of a new breed of the many supernatural races that inhabit the Disc - the werecat, perhaps?


	==Reverse Annotation==		==Reverse Annotation==
			In Robert J Sawyer's science-fiction trilogy '''''The Quintaglio Ascension''''' (pub. New English Library, 1993), which is about a world where dinosaurs developed sentience and the dominant life form is an intelligent version of Tyrannosaurus Rex (but which has a problem with periodic regression into berserk territorial fights and feeding frenzies) one of the biggest, toughest, hardest Tyrannosaurs in the pack is called '''Greeblo'''. A Pratchett fan?
	In Robert J Sawyer's science-fiction trilogy '''''The Quintaglio Ascension''''' (pub. New English Library, 1993), which is about a world where dinosaurs developed sentience and the dominant ~~lifeform~~ is an intelligent version of Tyrannosaurus Rex (but which has a problem with periodic regression into berserk ~~teritorial~~ fights and feeding frenzies) one of the biggest, toughest, hardest Tyrannosaurs in the pack is called '''Greeblo'''. A Pratchett fan?

	[[de:Greebo]]		[[de:Greebo]]
	[[Category:Discworld characters]]		[[Category:Discworld characters]]
	[[Category:Serial characters]]		[[Category:Serial characters]]

AgProv: Adding illustration

2013-07-04T22:46:21Z

Adding illustration

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			[[File:Greebo_by_kiddosnightmare-d5v057w.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Courtesy of kiddosnightmare, whose work can be viewed on deviantart]]

	{{Character Data		{{Character Data
	\|title= Greebo		\|title= Greebo

User: 1 revision: Discworld import

2012-09-23T22:00:32Z

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	Flea bitten, with scars all over his face and his partially present ears he is a huge swaggering bully of a cat - renowned for once chasing a bear up a tree.		Flea bitten, with scars all over his face and his partially present ears he is a huge swaggering bully of a cat - renowned for once chasing a bear up a tree.
	He has ~~one~~ green eye and ~~one which is~~ milky white~~, he~~ is intelligent for a cat but uses three categories to define the things he sees as "''rape, fight or eat''." This is the cat that Nanny Ogg refers to as "''Mr. Puss-puss''," and sees, in her head, as a cute little bundle of fluff - yet everyone else calls "''gerroffyerbugger!!!''"		He has a green left eye and a milky white right one. He is intelligent for a cat, but uses three categories to define the things he sees as "''rape, fight or eat''." This is the cat that Nanny Ogg refers to as "''Mr. Puss-puss''," and sees, in her head, as a cute little bundle of fluff - yet everyone else calls "''gerroffyerbugger!!!''"

	In [[Book:Witches Abroad\|Witches Abroad]] he was magically transformed into a [[humans\|human]]. Well, he was magically transformed into a cat who believes he's a human, which, being a cat, was a rather interesting experience for him. As a human, he loses none of his agility, his claws, his appetite, his teeth, or his lust for all things female. And his eyes stay the same; there's practically no magic that can do anything about the eyes. He's pretty mono-syllabic, but understands humans.		In [[Book:Witches Abroad\|Witches Abroad]] he was magically transformed into a [[humans\|human]]. Well, he was magically transformed into a cat who believes he's a human, which, being a cat, was a rather interesting experience for him. As a human, he loses none of his agility, his claws, his appetite, his teeth, or his lust for all things female. And his eyes stay the same; there's practically no magic that can do anything about the eyes. He's pretty mono-syllabic, but understands humans.
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	Following the conclusion of Witches Abroad, Greebo still changes into human form when in a situation in which being a cat just doesn't cut the mustard. Unfortunately, he changes into a ''naked'' human. It is said that if something is done once, it's easier to do it again, and Greebo now becomes human with a worrying frequency.		Following the conclusion of Witches Abroad, Greebo still changes into human form when in a situation in which being a cat just doesn't cut the mustard. Unfortunately, he changes into a ''naked'' human. It is said that if something is done once, it's easier to do it again, and Greebo now becomes human with a worrying frequency.

	Before becoming human, Greebo once swallowed a [[vampires\|vampire]] in the form of a bat. Vampires are resilient. They may have managed to rise, (repeatedly,) from the grave, to survive being sealed in a glass bottle in vapour form, (and then thrown into the sea,) to be powdered to dust and restored by the merest drop of b-vord... but if ''this'' vampire should manage to rise from the cat, the normal action of biology and digestion means this only is the start of its troubles...		Before becoming human, Greebo once swallowed a [[vampires\|vampire]] in the form of a bat. Vampires are resilient. They may have managed to rise (repeatedly) from the grave, to survive being sealed in a glass bottle in vapour form (and then thrown into the sea), to be powdered to dust and restored by the merest drop of b-vord... but if ''this'' vampire should manage to rise from the cat, the normal action of biology and digestion means this only is the start of its troubles...

	Only four things have ever got the better of Greebo:		Only four things have ever got the better of Greebo:
	* A vixen defending her cubs once forced him into retreat and taught him a lesson about mixing it with mothers.		* A vixen defending her cubs once forced him into retreat and taught him a lesson about mixing it with mothers.
	* At some point he has had an encounter with [[pictsies]] that has left him wary of further involvement.		* At some point he has had an encounter with [[pictsies]] that has left him wary of further involvement.
	* [[Erzulie Gogol]]'s familiar, the black cockerel [[Legba]], induced a feeling not ~~unakin~~ to that which he had when trapped in the Lancre Windmill, of being in a room full of oddly shaped furniture that, if he placed a paw wrongly, could crush him completely.		* [[Erzulie Gogol]]'s familiar, the black cockerel [[Legba]], induced a feeling not un-akin to that which he had when trapped in the Lancre Windmill, of being in a room full of oddly shaped furniture that, if he placed a paw wrongly, could crush him completely.

	And, most recently, the pure white kitten [[You]], gifted to [[Granny Weatherwax]] by [[Tiffany Aching]], has in the words of [[Nanny Ogg]] "''fixed his head''" to make any future acts of aggression impossible. She did this by means of a hissing scream and a pawful of claws applied to Greebo's sensitive nose, followed by a confident air of ''Would you like some more of that, then?'' and a nonchalant assumption of Greebo's food bowl being hers by right of conquest.		And, most recently, the pure white kitten [[You]], gifted to [[Granny Weatherwax]] by [[Tiffany Aching]], has in the words of [[Nanny Ogg]] "''fixed his head''" to make any future acts of aggression impossible. She did this by means of a hissing scream and a pawful of claws applied to Greebo's sensitive nose, followed by a confident air of ''Would you like some more of that, then?'' and a nonchalant assumption of Greebo's food bowl being hers by right of conquest.

	There may be another way of reading this. As in {{TUC}} we are assured that an essential part of any cat courtship is the affronted female turning, hissing, spitting and giving the hopeful male a face full of claws, are Greebo and You, in their infrequent meetings, establishing the pattern for later grown-up... er... associations? (A female cat becomes fully sexually mature at between eighteen months and two years, but even then will make it very clear that ''she'' does the choosing, OK?...)		There may be another way of reading this. As in {{TUC}} we are assured that an essential part of any cat courtship is the affronted female turning, hissing, spitting and giving the hopeful male a face full of claws, are Greebo and You, in their infrequent meetings, establishing the pattern for later grown-up... er... associations? (A female cat becomes fully sexually mature at between eighteen months and two years, but even then will make it very clear that ''she'' does the choosing, OK...?)

	...It appears that neither Granny nor Nanny has yet considered this possibility, but Greebo, in his lifelong quest to be the only set of male feline genes in town, quite possibly has a little part of his brain hardwired to checking out future possibilities. Any kittens born of these two parents, further down the line, should have a ''most'' interesting pedigree, particularly if by the rather elastic laws of Discworld genetics they inherit Daddy's ability to Turn Human in a tight corner.		...It appears that neither Granny nor Nanny has yet considered this possibility, but Greebo, in his lifelong quest to be the only set of male feline genes in town, quite possibly has a little part of his brain hardwired to checking out future possibilities. Any kittens born of these two parents, further down the line, should have a ''most'' interesting pedigree, particularly if by the rather elastic laws of Discworld genetics they inherit Daddy's ability to Turn Human in a tight corner.