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...posed upon because of his sense of responsibility, and decides to leave on one of the trucks he sees stopping at the nearby service station. When Grimma p ...mply not able to tell people lies about a bright future when he cannot see one. ...

small jet. People tend to lie a lot and double-cross one another. one of the movies. ...

...do''''' if only he's given the chance. When he encounters [[Samuel Vimes]] one evening on [[Monkey Street]], uncomfortably close to [[Young Sam Vimes|six ...a new trick: the Bootlegger's Turn, which involves hauling on the reins in one direction, whilst jamming down the brake lever. This leaves the horses faci ...

She is attractive, in a skinny way, and upon meeting her one gets an odd feeling that she is older than she looks. She has strange hair. ...sated for by the broad education being received - a child's description of one of the classic battles from Ankh-Morpork's long history, for example, might ...

...l defeat and Japanese captivity, General Bennett queue-jumped his way onto one of the last ships able to leave the beleaguered island, citing as his reaso ...

Firearms are virtually unknown in Ankh-Morpork, apart from the one example of the [[Gonne]]. Gunpowder weaponry of any kind is virtually unkno It is not recognised when one is returned in exchange for [[Rincewind]] (who, being so much lighter, has ...

...nephew]]) and plays a mean lute. Or did. This time-travel thing buggers up one's tenses! He was known by some of his students as "old Folly". ...ess called ''"[[Tuckerization]]"''. For a (large) sum of money to charity, one can buy oneself into a book. With the magnificent sum of £2,200, which wen ...

...a reference to the [[Roundworld]] legend of the Chinese sage who requested one piece of rice on the first, two on the second &c.) ...to "as much gold as he could carry", whereupon Hugen agreed and merely had one of his arms broken. "For," he said, "all should know that while Hnaflbaflsn ...

...rs of the Sandal in '''''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''''', who go with one foot bare in homage to the Messiah Brian... ...n in full regalia in memory of the single grass sandal that was a relic of one of the founding fathers of their order. It doesn't help their image as lord ...

It's in the [[Beggars' Guild]] charter: "Some in rags and some in tags and one in a velvet gown". The current incumbent of the velvet gown of power (at le :''And one in a velvet gown.'' ...

...[[A.E._Pessimal|A.E. Pessimal]], the Watch's forensic accountant, are the one tasked with making sense of this mess, which you will do with a picture-cod ...e game is hosted on Opp's personal website which has no advertising and no one makes a penny whether you play it or not. ...

...all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself. ...

...the [[Charles Venturi|great families]], but Charlies tend to be deprived. One is '''Charlie''', district manager of Bulk Collection and Despatch for the ...use the few scraps of power and authority allotted to him to the fullest. One of life's little Hitlers. There's a lot of them about... ...

As head of one of the eight orders, Hector held a seat on the University Council, and in { ...flower]] had taken refuge. In the confusion Rincewind escaped and at least one wizard was killed when he failed to correctly engage his [[Seven League Boo ...

...ations. Granny Weatherwax may not be responsible for this one: it could be one of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s, or even [[Hilta Goatfounder]]'s. ...

...on as one of the very best there was, and we can infer greatness from this one reference alone, as Lu-Tze is not easily impressed. "Zimmerman" has several referents on Roundworld. One is to poet-philosopher-singer Bob Dylan, who was born Robert Zimmerman. At ...

* Daniel "One Drop" [[Trooper]] |channel=Sky One ...

...hrows off everything recent by about 10 years. We need to develop a better one. ...e requirement of assuming certain books occur further from each other than one would assume. Those which occur to my memory now are; ...

...es) is fought there, but [[Mort]] opts for a more promising assassination. One wonders if the effect of [[Death]] being absent is what caused the great am It was one of a number of regions patrolled by [[71-hour Ahmed]], and where he ended u ...

...nd the probes were never meant to return, that doesn't mean [[Jago Jalo|no one]] ever did. ...