Rufus Drumknott - Revision history

Guybrush: /* Annotations */ Added note about hair colour; streamlined categories with DEFAULTSORT

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Annotations: Added note about hair colour; streamlined categories with DEFAULTSORT

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	'''Name Origin'''		'''Name Origin'''

	[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired".		[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". (Drumknott's hair colour is not mentioned in the books.)

	The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.		The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.
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	Or perhaps it's just [http://www.afrodrumming.com/djembe-tuning-mali-weave.php a way of tightening the installation of a drum's skin across a drum using red rope].		Or perhaps it's just [http://www.afrodrumming.com/djembe-tuning-mali-weave.php a way of tightening the installation of a drum's skin across a drum using red rope].

			{{DEFAULTSORT: Drumknott, Rufus}}
	[[Category:Discworld characters~~\|Drumknott, Rufus~~]]		[[Category:Discworld characters]]
	[[Category:Serial characters~~\|Drumknott, Rufus~~]]		[[Category:Serial characters]]
	[[Category:Human characters~~\|Drumknott, Rufus~~]]		[[Category:Human characters]]
	[[de:Rufus Drumknott]]		[[de:Rufus Drumknott]]

Moishe Rosenbaum: /* Annotations */ Agree with OD - see talk.

2022-11-15T01:13:20Z

Annotations: Agree with OD - see talk.

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	'''Name Origin'''		'''Name Origin'''

	[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". Even though there has never been any mention of the colour of Mr. Drumknott's name anywhere, it is highly unlikely that he is a natural redhead as this would interfere with the discharge of his duties as Lord [[Vetinari]]'s manservant, wherein rapid and quiet service is demanded of butlers everywhere (to take a random example, Mr. Tibbs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG Roald Dahl's "The BFG"]).		[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired".

	The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.		The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.

Old Dickens: clean infobox

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	\|marital status= unmarried. Although at the end of {{UA}}, there is a very unsubtle hint that this may soon be remedied, in the form of Lady [[Margolotta]]'s librarian, Miss [[Healstether]].		\|marital status= unmarried. Although at the end of {{UA}}, there is a very unsubtle hint that this may soon be remedied, in the form of Lady [[Margolotta]]'s librarian, Miss [[Healstether]].

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Old Dickens: annotations

2016-08-23T01:21:03Z

annotations

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	Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders....		Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders....

	Name Origin
			==Annotations==
			'''Name Origin'''

	[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". Even though there has never been any mention of the colour of Mr. Drumknott's name anywhere, it is highly unlikely that he is a natural redhead as this would interfere with the discharge of his duties as Lord [[Vetinari]]'s manservant, wherein rapid and quiet service is demanded of butlers everywhere (to take a random example, Mr. Tibbs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG Roald Dahl's "The BFG"]).		[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". Even though there has never been any mention of the colour of Mr. Drumknott's name anywhere, it is highly unlikely that he is a natural redhead as this would interfere with the discharge of his duties as Lord [[Vetinari]]'s manservant, wherein rapid and quiet service is demanded of butlers everywhere (to take a random example, Mr. Tibbs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG Roald Dahl's "The BFG"]).

Anotherkeebler: possible real-world name origin?

2016-08-22T22:49:13Z

possible real-world name origin?

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	Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders....		Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders....


	Name Origin		Name Origin

	[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". Even though there has never been any mention of the colour of Mr. Drumknott's name anywhere, it is highly unlikely that he is a natural redhead as this would interfere with the discharge of his duties as Lord [[Vetinari]]'s manservant, wherein rapid and quiet service is demanded of butlers everywhere (to take a random example, Mr. Tibbs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG Roald Dahl's "The BFG"]).		[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". Even though there has never been any mention of the colour of Mr. Drumknott's name anywhere, it is highly unlikely that he is a natural redhead as this would interfere with the discharge of his duties as Lord [[Vetinari]]'s manservant, wherein rapid and quiet service is demanded of butlers everywhere (to take a random example, Mr. Tibbs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG Roald Dahl's "The BFG"]).


	The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.		The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.

			British Prime Minister Robert Peel had a secretary named Drummond. Drummond was assassinated in 1843 by Daniel M'Naghten.

	Or perhaps it's just [http://www.afrodrumming.com/djembe-tuning-mali-weave.php a way of tightening the installation of a drum's skin across a drum using red rope].		Or perhaps it's just [http://www.afrodrumming.com/djembe-tuning-mali-weave.php a way of tightening the installation of a drum's skin across a drum using red rope].

DarkwingLady at 16:39, 25 May 2014

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 Despite Drumknott's elevated position in the palace, he is content to take his lunch in the same communal kitchen as all other Palace staff. This may be intentional, a way of monitoring the mood of the below-stairs employees.
-Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope".   Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders...
+Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope".   Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders....
 [[Category:Discworld characters|Drumknott, Rufus]]

Old Dickens: wrong puzzle

2014-01-08T00:10:54Z

wrong puzzle

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	Prone to losing his pencils in the presence of [[Moist von Lipwig]], despite his best efforts to prevent this.		Prone to losing his pencils in the presence of [[Moist von Lipwig]], despite his best efforts to prevent this.

	Drumknott is also seriously inconvenienced in the footwear department in {{MM}}, when his best pair of boots mysteriously go missing. This in turn inconveniences Vetinari, who muses that there is a pattern emerging from assorted seemingly random thefts around the city. As Vetinari is ''good'' at solving puzzles - one of Drumknott's lesser tasks is to ensure the evening copy of the [[Ankh-Morpork Times\|Times]] is laid open, just ''so'', at the [[~~Jikan no Muda~~\|puzzle page]] for his master's convenience - it is possible the Patrician has worked it out, and is quietly awaiting, with interest, the outcome of the latest assault on his life and position. However, whilst waiting to see, out of intellectual interest, how the latest attempt to depose him fails, he remarks mildly on the squeaking of Drumknott's new footwear...		Drumknott is also seriously inconvenienced in the footwear department in {{MM}}, when his best pair of boots mysteriously goes missing. This in turn inconveniences Vetinari, who muses that there is a pattern emerging from assorted seemingly random thefts around the city. As Vetinari is ''good'' at solving puzzles - one of Drumknott's lesser tasks is to ensure the evening copy of the [[Ankh-Morpork Times\|Times]] is laid open, just ''so'', at the [[Grace Speaker\|puzzle page]] for his master's convenience - it is possible the Patrician has worked it out, and is quietly awaiting, with interest, the outcome of the latest assault on his life and position. However, whilst waiting to see, out of intellectual interest, how the latest attempt to depose him fails, he remarks mildly on the squeaking of Drumknott's new footwear...

	Generally, however, Drumknott moves with all the rattle and clanking of a feather falling in a cathedral at midnight. Has proved himself adept at knowing his master's mind, and often hovers with exactly the correct file ready for when Vetinari requests it. Despite having no discernible personality, he is often taken into Vetinari's confidence and asked his opinion on various matters pertaining to all sorts of vexed questions, to which he answers in a measured way. Not as between equals, but in a spirit of being taken seriously. It may well be that of all Vetinari's acquaintances, Drumknott is the most valuable to him.		Generally, however, Drumknott moves with all the rattle and clanking of a feather falling in a cathedral at midnight. Has proved himself adept at knowing his master's mind, and often hovers with exactly the correct file ready for when Vetinari requests it. Despite having no discernible personality, he is often taken into Vetinari's confidence and asked his opinion on various matters pertaining to all sorts of vexed questions, to which he answers in a measured way. Not as between equals, but in a spirit of being taken seriously. It may well be that of all Vetinari's acquaintances, Drumknott is the most valuable to him.

AgProv: The works canteen

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The works canteen

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	Generally, however, Drumknott moves with all the rattle and clanking of a feather falling in a cathedral at midnight. Has proved himself adept at knowing his master's mind, and often hovers with exactly the correct file ready for when Vetinari requests it. Despite having no discernible personality, he is often taken into Vetinari's confidence and asked his opinion on various matters pertaining to all sorts of vexed questions, to which he answers in a measured way. Not as between equals, but in a spirit of being taken seriously. It may well be that of all Vetinari's acquaintances, Drumknott is the most valuable to him.		Generally, however, Drumknott moves with all the rattle and clanking of a feather falling in a cathedral at midnight. Has proved himself adept at knowing his master's mind, and often hovers with exactly the correct file ready for when Vetinari requests it. Despite having no discernible personality, he is often taken into Vetinari's confidence and asked his opinion on various matters pertaining to all sorts of vexed questions, to which he answers in a measured way. Not as between equals, but in a spirit of being taken seriously. It may well be that of all Vetinari's acquaintances, Drumknott is the most valuable to him.

			Despite Drumknott's elevated position in the palace, he is content to take his lunch in the same communal kitchen as all other Palace staff. This may be intentional, a way of monitoring the mood of the below-stairs employees.

	Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders...		Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders...

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

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