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Distressedpudding: Andre isn't the musical director--that's Walter's new job.

2020-12-18T16:49:32Z

Andre isn't the musical director--that's Walter's new job.

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	Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.		Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.

	{{NDC}} also hints that there is a different, unadvertised, invitation-only, category of Special: the new, reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]] would appear to be brought together on an ad-hoc, as-needed, basis, composed of people with other full-time jobs in the City, but whose particular professional skills and aptitudes are ideal for solving a different sort of crime, the sort whose prosecution requires intellect and the slow, patient, acquisition and sifting of available information, so as to build up a picture of those crimes which aren't easily seen and which take care not to advertise themselves. It is possible that the [[André\|~~Director of Music~~]] at the [[Opera House]] is such a special, combining police work with his full-time passion for popular music. (Oddly enough, [[Roundworld]] has such a fictional detective, the cerebral and musicologically inclined {{wp\|Inspector_Morse_%28TV_series%29\|Inspector Morse}}, who plies his trade, happily for a TV company looking for overseas sales, in and around the photogenic old English city of Oxford.)		{{NDC}} also hints that there is a different, unadvertised, invitation-only, category of Special: the new, reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]] would appear to be brought together on an ad-hoc, as-needed, basis, composed of people with other full-time jobs in the City, but whose particular professional skills and aptitudes are ideal for solving a different sort of crime, the sort whose prosecution requires intellect and the slow, patient, acquisition and sifting of available information, so as to build up a picture of those crimes which aren't easily seen and which take care not to advertise themselves. It is possible that the [[André\|pianist and organist]] at the [[Opera House]] is such a special, combining police work with his full-time passion for popular music. (Oddly enough, [[Roundworld]] has such a fictional detective, the cerebral and musicologically inclined {{wp\|Inspector_Morse_%28TV_series%29\|Inspector Morse}}, who plies his trade, happily for a TV company looking for overseas sales, in and around the photogenic old English city of Oxford.)

Old Dickens: little patch on the redundancy

2016-01-03T21:08:47Z

little patch on the redundancy

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	The auxiliary police, who provide a back-up to the regular Watch at times of great need. A typical time of great need, is described in ''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]'', where a young Watchman named Carrot calls up the citizenry to save Ankh-Morpork from itself.		The auxiliary police, who provide a back-up to the regular Watch at times of great need. A typical time of great need, is described in ''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]'', where a young Watchman named Carrot calls up the citizenry to save Ankh-Morpork from itself.

	Specials include [[Andy Hancock]], a very enthusiastic [[Clacks\|clacksman]], and government inspector [[A.E. Pessimal]], a man born to bureaucracy and not so much named as initialed. He discovered the Watchman's life was for him when the pent-up aggression of years suddenly released itself in a berserk attack on an astonished troll. The president of the [[Thieves' Guild]], [[Mr Boggis]], is also a very unlikely Special, as are his bodyguards Vinny "No Ears" Ludd (Ludd is a common surname given to foundlings taken in by the [[Thieves' Guild\|Guild]]) and Harry "Can't remember his own nickname" Jones. As this adds extra professional muscle to the muster, Vimes is prepared to be accepting. The ranks of Specials still include the [[Librarian]] (of [[Unseen University]]), whom Nobby called "Special Ape Services" ({{wp\|Special_Air_Service\|SAS?}}) in {{G!G!}}. Vimes's butler [[Willikins]], a man of hidden depths as well as of fish-hooks sewn into his lapels and sharpened coins hidden in the brim of his cap, is also a Special.		Specials include [[Andy Hancock]], a very enthusiastic [[Clacks\|clacksman]], and government inspector [[A.E. Pessimal]], a man born to bureaucracy and not so much named as initialed. He discovered the Watchman's life was for him when the pent-up aggression of years suddenly released itself in a berserk attack on an astonished troll. The president of the [[Thieves' Guild]], [[Mr Boggis]], is also a very unlikely Special, as are his bodyguards Vinny "No Ears" Ludd (Ludd is a common surname given to foundlings taken in by the [[Thieves' Guild\|Guild]]) and Harry "Can't remember his own nickname" Jones. As this adds extra professional muscle to the muster, Vimes is prepared to be accepting. The ranks of Specials still include the [[Librarian]] (of [[Unseen University]]), whom Nobby called "Special Ape Services" ({{wp\|Special_Air_Service\|SAS?}}) in {{G!G!}}.<sup>1</sup> Vimes's butler [[Willikins]], a man of hidden depths as well as of fish-hooks sewn into his lapels and sharpened coins hidden in the brim of his cap, is also a Special.

	Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.		Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.
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	{{NDC}} also hints that there is a different, unadvertised, invitation-only, category of Special: the new, reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]] would appear to be brought together on an ad-hoc, as-needed, basis, composed of people with other full-time jobs in the City, but whose particular professional skills and aptitudes are ideal for solving a different sort of crime, the sort whose prosecution requires intellect and the slow, patient, acquisition and sifting of available information, so as to build up a picture of those crimes which aren't easily seen and which take care not to advertise themselves. It is possible that the [[André\|Director of Music]] at the [[Opera House]] is such a special, combining police work with his full-time passion for popular music. (Oddly enough, [[Roundworld]] has such a fictional detective, the cerebral and musicologically inclined {{wp\|Inspector_Morse_%28TV_series%29\|Inspector Morse}}, who plies his trade, happily for a TV company looking for overseas sales, in and around the photogenic old English city of Oxford.)		{{NDC}} also hints that there is a different, unadvertised, invitation-only, category of Special: the new, reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]] would appear to be brought together on an ad-hoc, as-needed, basis, composed of people with other full-time jobs in the City, but whose particular professional skills and aptitudes are ideal for solving a different sort of crime, the sort whose prosecution requires intellect and the slow, patient, acquisition and sifting of available information, so as to build up a picture of those crimes which aren't easily seen and which take care not to advertise themselves. It is possible that the [[André\|Director of Music]] at the [[Opera House]] is such a special, combining police work with his full-time passion for popular music. (Oddly enough, [[Roundworld]] has such a fictional detective, the cerebral and musicologically inclined {{wp\|Inspector_Morse_%28TV_series%29\|Inspector Morse}}, who plies his trade, happily for a TV company looking for overseas sales, in and around the photogenic old English city of Oxford.)

	As the [[Librarian]], who has many resources at his fingertips~~, may well be involved here~~, it could be said that this is a "special branch" for him to swing from...
			<sup>1</sup> As for the [[Librarian]], who has many resources at his fingertips, it could be said that this is a "special branch" for him to swing from.

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Richvanf at 06:44, 3 January 2016

2016-01-03T06:44:44Z

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	The auxiliary police, who provide a back-up to the regular Watch at times of great need. A typical time of great need, is described in ''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]'', where a young Watchman named Carrot calls up the citizenry to save Ankh-Morpork from itself.		The auxiliary police, who provide a back-up to the regular Watch at times of great need. A typical time of great need, is described in ''[[Book:Men at Arms\|Men at Arms]]'', where a young Watchman named Carrot calls up the citizenry to save Ankh-Morpork from itself.

	Specials include [[Andy Hancock]], a very enthusiastic [[Clacks\|clacksman]], and government inspector [[A.E. Pessimal]], a man born to bureaucracy and not so much named as ~~indexed~~. He discovered the Watchman's life was for him when the pent-up aggression of years suddenly released itself in a berserk attack on an astonished troll. The president of the [[Thieves' Guild]], [[Mr Boggis]], is also a very unlikely Special, as are his bodyguards Vinny "No Ears" Ludd and Harry "Can't remember his own nickname" Jones. As this adds extra professional muscle to the muster, Vimes is prepared to be accepting. The ranks of Specials still include the [[Librarian]] (of [[Unseen University]]), whom Nobby called "Special Ape Services" ({{wp\|Special_Air_Service\|SAS?}}) in {{G!G!}}. Vimes's butler [[Willikins]], a man of hidden depths as well as of fish-hooks sewn into his lapels and sharpened coins hidden in the brim of his cap, is also a Special.		Specials include [[Andy Hancock]], a very enthusiastic [[Clacks\|clacksman]], and government inspector [[A.E. Pessimal]], a man born to bureaucracy and not so much named as initialed. He discovered the Watchman's life was for him when the pent-up aggression of years suddenly released itself in a berserk attack on an astonished troll. The president of the [[Thieves' Guild]], [[Mr Boggis]], is also a very unlikely Special, as are his bodyguards Vinny "No Ears" Ludd (Ludd is a common surname given to foundlings taken in by the [[Thieves' Guild\|Guild]]) and Harry "Can't remember his own nickname" Jones. As this adds extra professional muscle to the muster, Vimes is prepared to be accepting. The ranks of Specials still include the [[Librarian]] (of [[Unseen University]]), whom Nobby called "Special Ape Services" ({{wp\|Special_Air_Service\|SAS?}}) in {{G!G!}}. Vimes's butler [[Willikins]], a man of hidden depths as well as of fish-hooks sewn into his lapels and sharpened coins hidden in the brim of his cap, is also a Special.

	Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.		Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:12:49Z

1 revision: Discworld import 2

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The auxiliary police, who provide a back-up to the regular Watch at times of great need. A typical time of great need, is described in ''[[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]]'', where a young Watchman named Carrot calls up the citizenry to save Ankh-Morpork from itself.

Specials include [[Andy Hancock]], a very enthusiastic [[Clacks|clacksman]], and government inspector [[A.E. Pessimal]], a man born to bureaucracy and not so much named as indexed. He discovered the Watchman's life was for him when the pent-up aggression of years suddenly released itself in a berserk attack on an astonished troll. The president of the [[Thieves' Guild]], [[Mr Boggis]], is also a very unlikely Special, as are his bodyguards Vinny "No Ears" Ludd and Harry "Can't remember his own nickname" Jones. As this adds extra professional muscle to the muster, Vimes is prepared to be accepting. The ranks of Specials still include the [[Librarian]] (of [[Unseen University]]), whom Nobby called "Special Ape Services" ({{wp|Special_Air_Service|SAS?}}) in {{G!G!}}. Vimes's butler [[Willikins]], a man of hidden depths as well as of fish-hooks sewn into his lapels and sharpened coins hidden in the brim of his cap, is also a Special.

Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes' suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean's default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol' staff might prove counter-productive.

{{NDC}} also hints that there is a different, unadvertised, invitation-only, category of Special: the new, reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]] would appear to be brought together on an ad-hoc, as-needed, basis, composed of people with other full-time jobs in the City, but whose particular professional skills and aptitudes are ideal for solving a different sort of crime, the sort whose prosecution requires intellect and the slow, patient, acquisition and sifting of available information, so as to build up a picture of those crimes which aren't easily seen and which take care not to advertise themselves. It is possible that the [[André|Director of Music]] at the [[Opera House]] is such a special, combining police work with his full-time passion for popular music. (Oddly enough, [[Roundworld]] has such a fictional detective, the cerebral and musicologically inclined {{wp|Inspector_Morse_%28TV_series%29|Inspector Morse}}, who plies his trade, happily for a TV company looking for overseas sales, in and around the photogenic old English city of Oxford.)

As the [[Librarian]], who has many resources at his fingertips, may well be involved here, it could be said that this is a "special branch" for him to swing from...

[[Category:Discworld concepts]]
[[Category:Groups]]