Men at Arms: A Discworld Novel:15

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Page 84 - "The moon would be up soon" Angua's concern make it pretty clear that her 'problem' isn't that she is a w (oman) but a w (erewolf).

Page 11 - 12 - The nobles list of previous rulers of Ankh-Morpork give the reader an idea of the state of things prior to Vetinari's arrival on the scene and make it clear why there isn't any support for Edward d'Eath's proposal to revive the monarchy and change the status quo: Homicidal Lord Winder is a major character in The NIght Watch, Deranged Lord Harmoni sounds like he is anything but harmonious and Laughing Lord Scapula, while his name simply means the shoulder blade, resonates with the Mafia. Meanwhile, Captain Samuel Vimes, captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, prepares for his imminent wedding to Sybil Ramkin, the richest woman in Ankh-Morpork. The shoguns realized that their armies of samurai warriors could be wiped out by peasants with guns which would jeopardize their own positions so severely restricted their use and distribution (contrary to popular opinion they did not completely ban them - they could be used against vermin with permission for example). Page 65 - "We - that is my predecessor - thought it should serve as a warning and an example" Cruce demonstrates the characteristics of a typical politician, quickly putting the blame on his predecessor and rationalizing keeping a deadly weapon much like the justifications used for keeping biological weapons or continuing to use torture methods such as waterboarding in contravention of the Geneva Convention.the upturned face of Lance-Constable Cuddy, with its helpful intelligent expression and one glass eye.

It is therefore not surprising that opening a Fish Bar on the site of temple to a fish god is a bad move. Pratchett plays with the concept that Unseen University's bell would naturally be a silent one so that it would not give away the 'unseen' aspect of the university's location. The double entendre here plays on the Watch being unisex and therefore equal opportunity and having sexual intercourse on duty. shaped like a pair of artificial breasts" Pratchett plays with the colloquialism for breasts - as in a 'nice pair of knockers'.In Night Watch Captain FindtheeSwing's calculations 'prove' that Vimes has 'the eye of an mass murderer'. He is also known as Oromasdes, Ohrmazd, Ahuramazda, Hoormazd, Hormazd, Hormaz and Hurmuz, and is the creator deity in Zoroastrianism. This is a reference to the famous werewolf transformation scenes in the 1981 horror movie An American Werewolf in London.