Canting Crew
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The Canting Crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Too anarchic for the Beggars' Guild, which tends to constrain them with rules, they frequently beg from it themselves, and often come away successful, due to their being heroes to certain guild members. They are frequently, though not always, accompanied by the talking dog Gaspode.
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[edit] Foul Ole Ron
Excessively seedy, momentously dirty, overpoweringly smelly and entirely incomprehensible, Foul Ole Ron is the best-known member of the crew. He owns the world's only Thinking Brain Dog (Gaspode), and is a physical schizophrenic; his smell has become strong enough to not only melt earwax but to acquire a separate existence. In fact, it outclasses him, and is usually referred to in text as being almost another character entirely, who occasionally arrives ahead of Ron or opts to stick around for awhile after his departure.
He is well known for his "catchphrase", "Bugrit, millennium hand an' shrimp...", which is the result of Pratchett feeding a random text generating program with a Chinese takeaway menu<ref>Pratchett, Terry (1996-03-02). "Millenium Hand and Shrimp". alt.fan.pratchett. (Google Groups). Retrieved on 2006-09-30.</ref> and the lyrics of Particle Man by They Might Be Giants[citation needed].
Another notable fact is that his catchphrase (minus "bugrit") is also used by Mrs. Tachyon, a character in the Johnny Maxwell series, also by Pratchett.
[edit] Coffin Henry
Sometimes spelt Coffin' Henry. He has a habitual cough, hence his name, the result of his continuous smoking habit, again, hence his name.
[edit] Altogether Andrews
Altogether Andrews is a mass of multiple personalities (none of them named Andrews) in one mind, many of which are of considerably higher social status than him; these include Jossi, Lady Hermione, Little Sodney, Mr Viddle, Curly, the Judge and Tinker; the eighth personality is simply known as Burke, who was only seen once by the canting crew (Though not in any narrative), and they had no desire to ever see him again. The Duck Man speculates that Andrews was once a mild-mannered person of a psychic disposition who was mentally overwhelmed by the other souls. He is generally regarded as one of the most consistently sane of the group, as at least five of his personalities are capable of holding a sensible conversation with other people.
[edit] Duck Man
The Duck Man seems to be a reasonably sane, well-mannered, and likeable fellow, dressed in expensive but rather old and tattered clothes. He would probably be deemed as sane as the next man were it not for the presence of a live duck on his head, the existence of which he constantly denies. Unfortunately, the next man is Foul Ole Ron.
[edit] Arnold Sideways
A member noted for being completely legless (Literally; a cart ran over his legs several years ago and he now gets around on a cart). He carries an old boot on a stick so that his lack of legs does not affect his ability to kick people.
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