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	'''Mr. Burleigh''' is one of the owners of the weapons manufacturing business ''[[Burleigh & Stronginthearm]]'' and President of the [[Armourers' Guild ]]. He seems to be the sales and management half of the partnership. He sweated a lot when cross-examined by [[Vetinari]] concerning recent large sales of the firm's products to [[Klatch]] immediately prior to the outbreak of [[Book:Jingo\|football]], revealing that the weapons business was in fact a business and that unlike [[Ankh-Morpork]], Klatch had a lot of both money and bandits/Morporkians to pacify.		'''Mr. Burleigh''' is one of the owners of the weapons manufacturing business ''[[Burleigh & Stronginthearm]]'' and President of the [[Armourers' Guild ]]. He seems to be the sales and management half of the partnership. He sweated a lot when cross-examined by [[Vetinari]] concerning recent large sales of the firm's products to [[Klatch]] immediately prior to the outbreak of [[Book:Jingo\|football]], revealing that the weapons business was in fact a business and that unlike [[Ankh-Morpork]], Klatch had a lot of both money and bandits/Morporkians to pacify.

	In ''Jingo'', the sales to Klatch listed by Vetinari include: The 'Great Leveler' Cart-Mounted Ten-Bank 500-pound Crossbow, the 'Meteor' Automated Throwing Star Hurler, (which can fully decapitate at twenty paces, money back if not fully decapitated) and the 'Dervish' Mk III Razor-Wire Bolas. In addition to this, [[Captain Carrot]] later found crates of 'Viper' Mk. 3 crossbows (which kill people but leave buildings standing~~.<sup>(1)</sup>~~) on a ship bound for Klatch.		In ''Jingo'', the sales to Klatch listed by Vetinari include: The 'Great Leveler' Cart-Mounted Ten-Bank 500-pound Crossbow, the 'Meteor' Automated Throwing Star Hurler, (which can fully decapitate at twenty paces, money back if not fully decapitated) and the 'Dervish' Mk III Razor-Wire Bolas. In addition to this, [[Captain Carrot]] later found crates of 'Viper' Mk. 3 crossbows (which kill people but leave buildings standing) on a ship bound for Klatch.

			A Lord Burleigh is referenced in [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]], as a man who in times past was responsible for breeding some lively and belligerent varieties of brassica.



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			[[Rincewind]] said in [[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]], that his half-brick in a sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase, in Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which was designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast and heat of a normal nuclear weapon.

	(1) [[Rincewind]] said in [[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]], that his half-brick in a sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase, in Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which was designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast and heat of a normal nuclear weapon.

	~~A Lord Burleigh is referenced in '''Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook To The Railways'', as a man who in times past was responsible for breeding some lively and belligerent varieties of brassica.~~

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	In ''Jingo'', the sales to Klatch listed by Vetinari include: The 'Great Leveler' Cart-Mounted Ten-Bank 500-pound Crossbow, the 'Meteor' Automated Throwing Star Hurler, (which can fully decapitate at twenty paces, money back if not fully decapitated) and the 'Dervish' Mk III Razor-Wire Bolas. In addition to this, [[Captain Carrot]] later found crates of 'Viper' Mk. 3 crossbows (which kill people but leave buildings standing.<sup>(1)</sup>) on a ship bound for Klatch.		In ''Jingo'', the sales to Klatch listed by Vetinari include: The 'Great Leveler' Cart-Mounted Ten-Bank 500-pound Crossbow, the 'Meteor' Automated Throwing Star Hurler, (which can fully decapitate at twenty paces, money back if not fully decapitated) and the 'Dervish' Mk III Razor-Wire Bolas. In addition to this, [[Captain Carrot]] later found crates of 'Viper' Mk. 3 crossbows (which kill people but leave buildings standing.<sup>(1)</sup>) on a ship bound for Klatch.

			(1) [[Rincewind]] said in [[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]], that his half-brick in a sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase, in Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which was designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast and heat of a normal nuclear weapon.

	~~(1) [[Rincewind]] said~~ in ~~[[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]]~~, ~~that his half-brick in~~ a ~~sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase,~~ in ~~Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which~~ was ~~designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast~~ and ~~heat~~ of ~~a normal nuclear weapon~~.		A Lord Burleigh is referenced in '''Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook To The Railways'', as a man who in times past was responsible for breeding some lively and belligerent varieties of brassica.

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	(1) [[Rincewind]] said in [[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]], that his half-brick in a sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase, in Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which was designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast and heat of a normal nuclear weapon.		(1) [[Rincewind]] said in [[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]], that his half-brick in a sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase, in Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which was designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast and heat of a normal nuclear weapon.

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'''Mr. Burleigh''' is one of the owners of the weapons manufacturing business ''[[Burleigh & Stronginthearm]]'' and President of the [[Armourers' Guild ]]. He seems to be the sales and management half of the partnership. He sweated a lot when cross-examined by [[Vetinari]] concerning recent large sales of the firm's products to [[Klatch]] immediately prior to the outbreak of [[Book:Jingo|football]], revealing that the weapons business was in fact a business and that unlike [[Ankh-Morpork]], Klatch had a lot of both money and bandits/Morporkians to pacify.

In ''Jingo'', the sales to Klatch listed by Vetinari include: The 'Great Leveler' Cart-Mounted Ten-Bank 500-pound Crossbow, the 'Meteor' Automated Throwing Star Hurler, (which can fully decapitate at twenty paces, money back if not fully decapitated) and the 'Dervish' Mk III Razor-Wire Bolas. In addition to this, [[Captain Carrot]] later found crates of 'Viper' Mk. 3 crossbows (which kill people but leave buildings standing.<sup>(1)</sup>) on a ship bound for Klatch.

(1) [[Rincewind]] said in [[Sourcery]] to [[Coin]], that his half-brick in a sock "kills people but leaves buildings standing." This phrase, in Roundworld, was commonly applied to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb neutron bomb], which was designed to focus more on radiation effects than the blast and heat of a normal nuclear weapon.

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