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* '"We haven't even got," said the Bursar, despite Ridcully's efforts to sit on his head, "any billygoats."' - reference to the story {{wp|Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff|Three Billy Goats Gruff}} | * '"We haven't even got," said the Bursar, despite Ridcully's efforts to sit on his head, "any billygoats."' - reference to the story {{wp|Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff|Three Billy Goats Gruff}} | ||
*Interestingly, in Lords and Ladies (Corgi paperback, p296) there is a passing mention of the Elves raiding the pub in Lancre town and stealing anything edible or potable; Terry remarks that "a couple of rogue cheeses in the cellar put up quite a fight". Relatives of Horace? Cheeses also made by Tiffany - or somebody like her? Possibly a precursor to the character of Horace the Cheese in A Hat Full of Sky. | |||
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Revision as of 21:48, 3 February 2013
- "And what took place in Wyrd Sisters was a plot not unadjacent to a play about a Scottish king" - TP avoids mentioning Macbeth by name, a possible reference to the theater tradition that it's unlucky to do so?
- "And that's what the stones contained. The love of iron." - the word magnetism is never used in this book.
- "I asked Boggi's in Ankh-Morpork to send up their best dressmaker" - probably no relation to the well-known Boggis of Ankh-Morpork?
- "it was always cheaper to build a new 33-MegaLith circle than upgrade an old slow one" - reference to the 33 MHz Intel 80486 chip.
- "I AM A PICKER-UP OF UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES." - parodies Autolycus' line "My father named me Autolycus; who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles" from Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale.
- "Bees were her one failure" - In fact, Granny borrows bee minds in Equal Rites.
- '"this reminds me of that famous logical puzzle."' - reference to the Raymond Smullyan Knights and Knaves puzzle.
- '"Nothing funny about the Tooth Fairy," said Granny. "Very hard-working woman."' - in Hogfather, we learn there are several tooth fairies, not just one.
- '"But it ain't April!"' - in Witches Abroad, Granny implies that Nanny only bathes regularly in autumn, contradicting what Nanny's neighbors know (unless April can occur in autumn on Discworld due to it's unusual seasonal structure?)
- '"We haven't even got," said the Bursar, despite Ridcully's efforts to sit on his head, "any billygoats."' - reference to the story Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Interestingly, in Lords and Ladies (Corgi paperback, p296) there is a passing mention of the Elves raiding the pub in Lancre town and stealing anything edible or potable; Terry remarks that "a couple of rogue cheeses in the cellar put up quite a fight". Relatives of Horace? Cheeses also made by Tiffany - or somebody like her? Possibly a precursor to the character of Horace the Cheese in A Hat Full of Sky.
External
The Light Fantastic Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File