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I'm getting confused. There are eight heraldic Hippos. All eight face towards the sea. In {{P}} all eight statues sit on the seaward (rimward) parapet. In {{FOC}} Sam Vimes noticed five clumps of shadows instead of four on the parapet, the extra one being [[Meshugah]].

Am I reading this wrongly or is this an example of divergent architecture? --[[User:Iron Hippo|Iron Hippo]] 17:22, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
:Some were turned around to watch the Guilds and the Wizards? These things are sent to try us (by a bloody-minded author). --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 21:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

::Someone's gone and stolen them, thus finally proving Fred Colon's method of policing (guarding large structures in case they get stolen) is actually worthwhile?

::Or, if you want a more serious explanation, maybe they were destroyed in some various event between {{P}} and {{FOC}}, and the bridge was rebuilt with only 4 (or only 4 survived). The Sourceror never happened, and in any event {{S}} was before Pyramids, as was the Fire in {{COM}}. But what did happen was the Dragon in {{G!G!}}... The dragon damaged lots of pieces of the city, especially when it fell (when [[Errol]] knocked it down). Could it be responsible?

::Or are we told elsewhere that the bridge still has eight in modern times? [[User:TC01|TC01]] 20:16, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

:::I was merely thinking that in {{FOC}} there were four hippos per parapet, and in {{P}} all eight hippos sit on the seaward parapet. --[[User:Iron Hippo|Iron Hippo]] 22:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

::::Oh- sorry, I misread it. Well then, maybe the Bridge was rebuilt with four on each side since {{P}}? [[User:TC01|TC01]] 03:26, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

== Origin of the name ==

Thought people might be interested to know that there's a style of house number/nameplate called a brass bridge, presumably because the top of it is shaped like a hump-backed bridge. Knowing TP's liking for obscure jokes, I suspect there's a fair chance this is the reason the bridge in AM is called that. -Biggus23x 10.40pm 01/03/12

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