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** [[CMOT Dibbler|Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]] is another prominent example. Sure, he inevitably returns to his primary business of selling what are technically sausages "inna bun", but whenever a new industry begins to form in Ankh-Morpork, you can rest assured that Throat will try to cash in on it. All while employing the same level of quality control that he does with his sausages.
** [[CMOT Dibbler|Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]] is another prominent example. Sure, he inevitably returns to his primary business of selling what are technically sausages "inna bun", but whenever a new industry begins to form in Ankh-Morpork, you can rest assured that Throat will try to cash in on it. All while employing the same level of quality control that he does with his sausages.
** Ponder Stibbons, the [[Only Sane Man]] at Unseen University, keeps acquiring new job titles and duties simply because no one else wants them. By [[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]] all those titles give him a majority vote on the University Council, meaning he's technically the most powerful person in the entire university.
** Ponder Stibbons, the [[Only Sane Man]] at Unseen University, keeps acquiring new job titles and duties simply because no one else wants them. By [[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]] all those titles give him a majority vote on the University Council, meaning he's technically the most powerful person in the entire university.
* In ''[[Star Wars Knight Errant]]'' this become a plot point: the Protagonist Kerra Holt slowly discovers how not one, but several bystanders change their occupations during the brief stay at Arkadia's base of operations. She eventually discovers that inhabitants are constantly rotated between absolutely different positions on a completely random basis: it serves the Sith purpose in a pretty twisted way.
* In ''[[Star Wars: Knight Errant]]'' this become a plot point: the Protagonist Kerra Holt slowly discovers how not one, but several bystanders change their occupations during the brief stay at Arkadia's base of operations. She eventually discovers that inhabitants are constantly rotated between absolutely different positions on a completely random basis: it serves the Sith purpose in a pretty twisted way.




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