Apologies in advance if this is covered somewhere else but in Guards! Guards! When the squad are naming the swamp dragon they name it after Nobby's Brother Errol (He Looks just like my brother Errol). Now I understand that this is a device to name the dragon but it's a shame that Errol (Nobby's brother) has never been used as a counterpoint (or addition) to Nobby's Nobbyish-ness.
Just a thought...

[i:b7258e16f0]Oh and I may have mis-spelled 'Errol' BTW I dont have the book to hand.[/i:b7258e16f0]

Q. How do you write?
A. One word at a time.

I just read the book. I thought it was his cousin? I'll look it up tonight. There is some about his family in Night Watch I think, when Vimes "first" meets Nobby.....

My bad. Errol is Nobby's brother...page 158 US paperback edition..


edited to correct my memory errol, err, error.

Errol works in my office. He does, I swear it !

Damn Spider pig

Bugger - total memory failure, we thought it was an uncle!

So many books - so little time... :(

damn it!! i thought uncle too!

*note to self* reread all watch books

bloody good idea me thinks!!!

Thanks for the excuse.

i love it when in the back of the new discworld companion (i think :? ) when terry says that there are most police stations with a person like nobby - and once it was a clear nobby that told him so! lol i think that's so funny cos i think i may be related to a nobby myself lol!

I don't see how ANYONE could look like Nobby.

"No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Actual quote by Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister.

Or A Nobby anyway

"No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Actual quote by Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister.

Even a runty, randy lizard with a wind problem?

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

Even that. Nobody could match Nobbys smell or skin colour.

"No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Actual quote by Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister.

In Night Watch Vimes says that Nobby was obviously an only child "No parent could see Nobby in a cradle and want to have another go"

"No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Actual quote by Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister.

I love that quote.

I know its really funny. Another good one from Night Watch is "No feature on his face is more than passably ugly but the combination is greater than the sum of parts".

"No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Actual quote by Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister.

Hehe. Yup, that's good!

Edited

How many people are in Nobbys family anyway. The ones that I can remember are:

1. His brother who may or may not exist (Possibly Trousers of Time)
2. His cousin Vincent who was "done" for indecently assaulting the Dowager Duchess of Quirm's scullery maid. (Feet of Clay)
3. His father Sconner, an alcoholic and violent
4. His mother
5. His grandfather Slope

Slight spoiler from Feet of Clay

6. [color=white:14c3170716]Possibly the Earl of Ankh[/color:14c3170716]
7. One of his uncles/cousins was a sailor until he was press-ganged. ( Jingo or Guards, Guards.
Please tell me I would like to make a list for some strange, evil reason of my own.

"No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Actual quote by Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister.