Footnotes*

[RathDarkblade]

Not Pyramids? Perhaps Small Gods?

 

[mirandashell]

I could have sworn that was in Pyramids. Wasn't that the first time the Ephebians are mentioned in the Discworld?

 

[raisindot]

Can I guess? I think it was Guards! Guards!, when VImes is comparing the politics of Ankh Morpork to those of other nation states.

 

[Mixa]

Good arguments... It was a tricky one! But the correct answer is... Small Gods!!

Congrats, Rath! I was about to write the footnote about Vorbis saying “Enter” but that would have been a piece of cake for you, wouldn’t it?

Mx

 

[RathDarkblade]

Yay! *parties down, up, across, and diagonally*

OK... let me think. *thinkthinkthink* Aha! Got it!

"...Vimes would not have been surprised to see boxes labelled 'apple cores, various', or 'leftovers, need eating up'.*

* That was a phrase of Sybil's taht got to him. She'd announce at lunch, 'We must have the pork tonight, it needs eating up.' Vimes never had an actual problem with this, because he'd been raised to eat what was put in front of him, and do it quickly, too, before someone else snatched it away. He was just puzzled at the suggestion taht he was there to do the food a favour."

 

[raisindot]

Yay! *parties down, up, across, and diagonally*

OK... let me think. *thinkthinkthink* Aha! Got it!

"...Vimes would not have been surprised to see boxes labelled 'apple cores, various', or 'leftovers, need eating up'.*

* That was a phrase of Sybil's taht got to him. She'd announce at lunch, 'We must have the pork tonight, it needs eating up.' Vimes never had an actual problem with this, because he'd been raised to eat what was put in front of him, and do it quickly, too, before someone else snatched it away. He was just puzzled at the suggestion taht he was there to do the food a favour."

That's Thud!, when Vimes is going through boxes of Ramkin memorabilia to find Sybil's copy of Rascal's Koom Valley painting.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Correct! Raisindot, I'm amazed you remembered a footnote from a novel that's now 10 years old. Congrats.

Take it away!

 

[raisindot]

I know my Watch footnotes pretty well.

Gimme a day to find one. I know the quote I want, but I'm not 100% sure which book it's in.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Still waiting on you, raisin...

 

[raisindot]

Sorry....been so busy haven't had time.

WOuld you like to go ahead of me for the next one and I'll come back and rudely cut in line when I've got mine ("cutsees")?

 

[RathDarkblade]

OK then... let's see.

* It takes forty men with their feet on the ground to keep one man with his head in the air.

 

[mirandashell]

I think that's from Jingo. Or is there an earlier book that mentions Leonard?

 

[=Tamar]

I think that's from Jingo. Or is there an earlier book that mentions Leonard?

Not about the footnote, but yes, Leonard appears before Jingo. Just in a throwaway line, and it's before Vetinari takes steps to keep him safely tucked away. I admit I don't recall offhand which book it was; it was just something I noticed in passing.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Sorry... it's not Jingo, and it's not about Leonard.

 

[Mixa]

Naughty Rath! I won’t say the answer… Come on mirandashell! You can do it! :clap:

Mx

 

[mirandashell]

Then it must be about Ridcully......

 

[RathDarkblade]

Uhm... nope, it's not Ridcully either. Sorry!

 

[RathDarkblade]

No more guesses, eh? Does that mean I win? *lifts mighty trophy*

 

[Penfold]

I'll hazard a guess to keep it going; 'Small Gods', maybe?

 

[Tonyblack]

As this thread has turned into a game, I have moved it to the Games forum. You can still get to the thread from the original forum.