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{{quote|''One big pumpkin, her Second Thoughts urged. They get really hard at this time of year. Shoot him now!''}}
** Sam Vimes's [[Battle Butler|butler]] Willikins grew up on the streets of Ankh-Morpork. He used a cap with sharpened pennies fastened on the brim. Since [[Terry Pratchett]] is fond of historical trivia, this is actually [[Truth in Television]].
*** After his house is broken into in ''[[Thud!]]'' Sam reflects on how comforting it is at times like this to have a butler who can throw a common fish knife so hard that it is quite difficult to remove from the wall.
** Dwarf Bread. Implied to contain gravel as a major ingredient, it lasts for centuries, can be thrown with deadly force and accuracy, and forms a major part of dwarf culture. And in a desperate situation, you can even eat it. It would have to be ''very'' desperate though, it's use as a food source is primarily that when faced with the prospect of eating Dwarf Bread ''everything else'' looks damn tasty by comparison.
** Gussie Two-Grins (mentioned briefly in ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'') was one of these, as Vimes describes him, anything was a weapon. Of course this was far from the only mention of 'not strictly speaking weapons' in the book, indeed mentions are made specifically of broken-off bottles, meat-hooks and other tools of butchery, and in one case, a hammer, wedges, and ginger, among many others.
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