You Bastard
You Bastard | |
Name | You Bastard |
Race | camel |
Age | unknown |
Occupation | Cud-chewing mathematician |
Physical appearance | inefficient |
Residence | Royal stables of Djelibeybi |
Death | not yet |
Parents | |
Relatives | possibly Evil-Smelling-Bugger |
Children | |
Marital Status | |
Appearances | |
Books | Pyramids |
Cameos |
You Bastard is the sole remaining camel in the Royal stables of Djelibeybi (lit. Child of the Djel). He also happens to be the greatest mathematician on the disc.
Pteppic and Ptraci use him to escape the city as it is collapsing dimensionally. Pteppic is told that, rather than go into advanced maneuvers like turning, he should just get off and do it himself.
As with most camels, he refuses to do anything until you beat him with a stick and swear at him. He does, however, break this rule once, toward the end of Pyramids. He seems to have a very tough hide or is incredibly stupid as he lets arrows fly at him without moving, as shown while in Ephebe although since he is the greatest mathematician on the disc it's likely that he's quite capable of working out simple parabolic motion and is therefore able to judge if the arrows are going to actually hit him.