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Guybrush: Further clarification of location

2025-04-26T10:40:33Z

Further clarification of location

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	Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located between [[Ankh-Morpork]] and [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]], aka Old Treachery.		Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located in [[the Shires]] between [[Ankh-Morpork]] and [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]], aka Old Treachery.

	[[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to ~~wilfully~~ make work for lawyers.		[[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to willfully make work for lawyers.

	The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.		The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.

Guybrush: Updated location information

2025-04-26T01:25:58Z

Updated location information

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	Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located in [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]], aka Old Treachery. [[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to ~~willfully~~ make work for lawyers.		Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located between [[Ankh-Morpork]] and [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]], aka Old Treachery.

			[[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to wilfully make work for lawyers.

	The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.		The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.
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	According to {{SN}}, the house is huge, with an indoor smoking room with state-of-the-art ventilation, a vast wine cellar, and an immense bathtub. The grounds include barns, livestock, a pub, a mile of riverbank, a clacks tower, extensive caves and caverns, etc. Various riverboats like The Wonderful Fanny and The Blackeyed Susan cruise past Crundells and by custom, passing sailors salute the house. The Ramkin estate also includes a private bridge over the Quire.		According to {{SN}}, the house is huge, with an indoor smoking room with state-of-the-art ventilation, a vast wine cellar, and an immense bathtub. The grounds include barns, livestock, a pub, a mile of riverbank, a clacks tower, extensive caves and caverns, etc. Various riverboats like The Wonderful Fanny and The Blackeyed Susan cruise past Crundells and by custom, passing sailors salute the house. The Ramkin estate also includes a private bridge over the Quire.

	Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)\|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...		Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)\|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...

	It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.		It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.

Wonderful Fanny at 00:59, 30 January 2018

2018-01-30T00:59:39Z

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	The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.		The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.

	According to {{SN}}, the house is huge, with an indoor smoking room with state-of-the-art ventilation, a vast wine cellar, and an immense bathtub. The grounds include barns, livestock, a pub, a mile of riverbank, a ~~new~~ clacks tower, extensive caves and caverns, etc. Various riverboats like The Wonderful Fanny and The Blackeyed Susan cruise past Crundells and by custom, passing sailors salute the house. The Ramkin estate also includes a private bridge over the Quire.		According to {{SN}}, the house is huge, with an indoor smoking room with state-of-the-art ventilation, a vast wine cellar, and an immense bathtub. The grounds include barns, livestock, a pub, a mile of riverbank, a clacks tower, extensive caves and caverns, etc. Various riverboats like The Wonderful Fanny and The Blackeyed Susan cruise past Crundells and by custom, passing sailors salute the house. The Ramkin estate also includes a private bridge over the Quire.

	Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)\|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...		Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)\|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...
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	It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.		It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.

	And goblins live on the grounds. Or beneath it.		And [[goblins]] live on the grounds. Or beneath it.

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Wonderful Fanny: Added info, rearranged a bit.

2018-01-30T00:57:57Z

Added info, rearranged a bit.

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	Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located in [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]]. [[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason ~~why~~ such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to willfully make work for lawyers.		Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located in [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]], aka Old Treachery. [[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to willfully make work for lawyers.

	The ~~Ramkin family own a~~ large rambling stately home profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.		The large rambling stately home is profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.

	The ~~Ramkins also own~~ a ~~private bridge over the Quire~~ and by custom, passing ~~boats must~~ salute the house. Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)\|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...		According to {{SN}}, the house is huge, with an indoor smoking room with state-of-the-art ventilation, a vast wine cellar, and an immense bathtub. The grounds include barns, livestock, a pub, a mile of riverbank, a new clacks tower, extensive caves and caverns, etc. Various riverboats like The Wonderful Fanny and The Blackeyed Susan cruise past Crundells and by custom, passing sailors salute the house. The Ramkin estate also includes a private bridge over the Quire.

			Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)\|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...

	It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.		It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.

			And goblins live on the grounds. Or beneath it.

	[[Category:Streets and Landmarks of Quirm]]		[[Category:Streets and Landmarks of Quirm]]

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Rene at 14:49, 7 February 2012

2012-02-07T14:49:51Z

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Otherwise known as Ramkin Hall, this is the seldom-visited country estate of the Ramkin family, located in [[Quirm]] on the banks of the River [[Quire]]. [[Sam Vimes]] speculated that the reason why such establishments are known as "stately homes" is that they are about the size of the average small country. Crundells boasts a mile of trout stream and a pub, neither of which hold much interest to Sam save in his contemplating the metaphysics of how the hell anyone can own a mile of river and how do you know if the fish in it are yours, or whether they really belong to the bloated plutocrat with rights to the next mile upstream and have just swum down to willfully make work for lawyers.

The Ramkin family own a large rambling stately home profusely ornamented with statuary of naked women, long lengths of gauze and urns optional. [[Young Sam Vimes]], now six, and heir to all he surveys, has unerringly noted the lack of clothing and is by a multiversally binding law of childhood, asking his parents some ''difficult'' questions.

The Ramkins also own a private bridge over the Quire and by custom, passing boats must salute the house. Crundells also comes with a "big herd of people" who on closer examination turn out to be the resident servants. There is a gatekeeper called Mr [[Coffin]], a gardener who in accordance with the sort of naming you find in [[Lancre]] is called [[William Butler]], and a husband-and-wife butler and head housekeeper of slightly sinister mien. Mrs [[Silver (Crundells)|Silver]], the head housekeeper, is immediately recognisable as the sort of housekeeper Daphne du Maurier wrote about in ''Rebecca'', although Sybil is no Mrs deWinter and Sam Vimes, in his dreams, would ''never'' wish to go back to Crundells...

It also has a [[Hermit]] on the grounds, living in a grotto, and has had one for several generations.

[[Category:Streets and Landmarks of Quirm]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[de:Crundells]]