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In {{MM}} this young man was employed at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]] as a clerk.
Hammersmith Coot is now famous in bank lore, and a man whose name is breathed with awe wherever bank clerks meet. For this is the man, lowly bank clerk and computer* though he is, who dared stand up in front of a crowded banking hall and tell [[Mavolio Bent]] that he was wrong and his figures didn't add up.  
Hammersmith Coot is now famous in bank lore, and a man whose name is breathed with awe wherever bank clerks meet. For this is the man, lowly bank clerk and computer* though he is, who dared stand up in front of a crowded banking hall and tell [[Mavolio Bent]] that he was wrong and his figures didn't add up.  


*''In pre-computer days, a Computer was the term for a human being who performed all the lowly and menial accounting tasks such as the pages upon pages upon pages of basic addition. Strange but true.''
*''In pre-computer days, a Computer was the term for a human being who performed all the lowly and menial accounting tasks such as the pages upon pages upon pages of basic addition. Strange but true.''
[[Category:Human characters|Coot, Hammersmith]]
[[Category:Discworld characters|Coot, Hammersmith]]

Latest revision as of 01:52, 13 January 2013

In Making Money this young man was employed at the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork as a clerk.

Hammersmith Coot is now famous in bank lore, and a man whose name is breathed with awe wherever bank clerks meet. For this is the man, lowly bank clerk and computer* though he is, who dared stand up in front of a crowded banking hall and tell Mavolio Bent that he was wrong and his figures didn't add up.

  • In pre-computer days, a Computer was the term for a human being who performed all the lowly and menial accounting tasks such as the pages upon pages upon pages of basic addition. Strange but true.