Precious Jolson - Revision history

Old Dickens: clean infobox

2021-08-06T03:14:07Z

clean infobox

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	\|name= Precious Jolson		\|name= Precious Jolson
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Old Dickens: sort of...after Category:Discworld characters

2015-05-26T21:39:19Z

sort of...after Category:Discworld characters

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	And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering\|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide\|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''...		And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering\|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide\|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''...

	[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]		[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]
	[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]		[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]
	[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]		[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]

AgProv: Funny, there's a stray ] right at the very end, but I can't see on the Edit page how to delete it. Something patently bleeding obvious, i bet...

2015-05-26T14:50:10Z

Funny, there's a stray ] right at the very end, but I can't see on the Edit page how to delete it. Something patently bleeding obvious, i bet...

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	Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp\|Precious Ramotswe\|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.		Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp\|Precious Ramotswe\|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.

	And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering\|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide\|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''..		And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering\|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide\|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''...

	[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]		[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]
	[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]		[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]
	[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]		[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]

AgProv: tidying

2015-05-26T14:48:26Z

tidying

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	Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp\|Precious Ramotswe\|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.		Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp\|Precious Ramotswe\|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.

	And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering\|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide\|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''...		And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering\|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide\|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''..

	[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]		[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]
	[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]		[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]
	[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]		[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]

AgProv: expanding

2015-01-19T03:49:26Z

expanding

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	Happily, in {{SN}}, this is cleared up, and we learn that Precious is 'a lady for whom the word large simply would not do' and that she is quite capable of picking up a brace of drunks and throwing them into the hurry-up wagon. We also find out that she is the daughter of All Jolson. It seems everything about her is family-sized including her good nature, and she is quite a favourite in the Watch, where her tendency to be a fountainhead for jolliness and to have a cheerful word for everyone stands her in good stead.		Happily, in {{SN}}, this is cleared up, and we learn that Precious is 'a lady for whom the word large simply would not do' and that she is quite capable of picking up a brace of drunks and throwing them into the hurry-up wagon. We also find out that she is the daughter of All Jolson. It seems everything about her is family-sized including her good nature, and she is quite a favourite in the Watch, where her tendency to be a fountainhead for jolliness and to have a cheerful word for everyone stands her in good stead.

	She proves useful in her knowledge of [[Howondaland]], as the Jolsons originated from there. She regards it as quite boring, unless, as she doubtlessly did, you try to stroke a resident cat, whereupon they get 'kind of stroppy'. As this comes from Precious, who can arm-wrestle a troll and win, the stroppiness of the cat is probably approaching the carnivorous level.		She proves useful in her knowledge of [[Howondaland]], as the Jolsons originated from there. She regards it as quite boring, unless, as she doubtlessly did, you try to stroke a resident cat, whereupon they get 'kind of stroppy'. As this comes from Precious, who can arm-wrestle a troll and win, the stroppiness of the cat is probably approaching the carnivorous level. Interestingly enough, a King [[Samuel]] in Howondaland has a retinue of very tall, imposing, Amazon women warriors. Is it possible that Mrs Jolson, the mother of Precious, was an Amazon with a taste for good food and a man who could provide it? Precious may not be alone in body size and general inclination.

	Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp\|Precious Ramotswe\|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.		Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp\|Precious Ramotswe\|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.

EinFritz: Link improved

2013-10-03T10:31:59Z

Link improved

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	[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]		[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]
	[[Category:Watchmen]]		[[Category:Watchmen\|Jolson, Precious]]
	[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]		[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]

EinFritz: Added to the category watchmen

2013-10-02T19:54:36Z

Added to the category watchmen

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	[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]		[[Category:Discworld characters\|Jolson, Precious]]]
			[[Category:Watchmen]]
	[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]		[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:08:22Z

1 revision: Discworld import 2

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Old Dickens: English as she is spoke

2012-06-13T23:12:59Z

English as she is spoke

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{{Character Data
|title= Precious Jolson
|photo=
|name= Precious Jolson
|age=
|race= Human, family from [[Howandaland]]

|occupation= Watchman
|appearance=

|residence=

|death=
|parents= [[All Jolson]]
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status=

|books=
|cameos= {{T!}}, {{SN}}
}}
'''Precious Jolson''' is a lance-constable of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watch]] who is briefly introduced in {{T!}}, through the third-person account of [[Fred Colon]]. Constable Jolson assists Fred in rescuing [[Mrs Spudding|a would-be pole dancer]] at the [[Pink PussyCat Club]], who has let enthusiasm and wishful thinking get the better of her, and who has become immovably fixed to the pole owing to rheumatics and muscular spasms.

When Fred remarks to [[Nobby Nobbs]] that the only way of freeing the hapless Mrs Spudding from the pole was to rip it bodily off its mounting and slide her off, and adds ''I tell you, Nobby, that girl's got the muscles of a troll on her'', it is unclear if he is referring to (i) Mrs Spudding's limpet-like attachment to the pole, or (ii) Lance-Constable Jolson's ability to wrench pole and limpet-like attachment out of the floor. This is aggravatingly ambiguous, as if the person with the muscles of a troll on her is Lance-Constable Jolson, it fixes her as the so far only identified normally human woman police constable, in a Watch which includes [[Sally von Humpeding]] ([[Vampires|vampire]]), [[Angua von Überwald]] ([[Werewolves|werewolf]]), and [[Cheery Littlebottom]] ([[Dwarfs|dwarf]]). It may also hint at a family relationship with catering giant [[All Jolson]], in which case an early life spent labouring in the family kitchen, unloading sixty-pound sacks of flour and potatoes from delivery carts, &c, might well account for the muscle.

Happily, in {{SN}}, this is cleared up, and we learn that Precious is 'a lady for whom the word large simply would not do' and that she is quite capable of picking up a brace of drunks and throwing them into the hurry-up wagon. We also find out that she is the daughter of All Jolson. It seems everything about her is family-sized including her good nature, and she is quite a favourite in the Watch, where her tendency to be a fountainhead for jolliness and to have a cheerful word for everyone stands her in good stead.

She proves useful in her knowledge of [[Howondaland]], as the Jolsons originated from there. She regards it as quite boring, unless, as she doubtlessly did, you try to stroke a resident cat, whereupon they get 'kind of stroppy'. As this comes from Precious, who can arm-wrestle a troll and win, the stroppiness of the cat is probably approaching the carnivorous level.

Also, she has a more than superficial similarity to a certain Roundworld {{wp|Precious Ramotswe|detective}} in Botswana, who also has a very traditional body figure.

And a big, strong human would of course add extra spirit to a night spent [[roistering|minge drinking]] with the other girls in the Watch, as in the [[Suicide|famous last words]] uttered by many a foolish fellow: ''I likes a girl with spirit''...

[[Category:Discworld characters|Jolson, Precious]]]
[[de:Jolson (Wächter)]]