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b67317c
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I don't know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I'm telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it.
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humour
writing
wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
writing-craft
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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6bafdbe
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"Feminine psychology is admittedly odd, sir. The poet Pope..." "Never mind about the poet Pope, Jeeves." "No, sir."
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poets
humor
bertie-wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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1fc93a2
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"Jeeves," I said. "A rummy communication has arrived. From Mr. Glossop." "Indeed, sir?" "I will read it to you. Handed in at Upper Bleaching. Message runs as follows: When you come tomorrow, bring my football boots. Also, if humanly possible, Irish water-spaniel. Urgent. Regards. Tuppy. "What do you make of that, Jeeves?" "As I interpret the document, sir, Mr. Glossop wishes you, when you come tomorrow, to bring his football boots. Also, if humanly possible, an Irish water-spaniel. He hints that the matter is urgent, and sends his regards." "Yes, that is how I read it. But why football boots?" "Perhaps Mr. Glossop wishes to play football, sir."
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humor
telegram
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
football
message
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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abb6252
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"Tell me, Jeeves," I said. "Suppose you were in a shop taking out of the lending library and a clergyman's daughter came in and without so much as a preliminary 'Hullo, there' said to you, 'Has he brought it yet?' what interpretations would you place on those words?" He pondered, this way and that dividing the swift mind, as I have heard him put it. "'Has he brought it yet,' sir?" "Just that." "I should reach the conclusion that the lady was expecting a male acquaintance to have arrived or to be arriving shortly bearing some unidentified object." --
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library
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
questions
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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8890cb4
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"I said, 'Don't talk rot, Old Tom Travers." "I am not accustomed to talk rot," he said. "Then, for a beginner," I said, "you do it dashed well."
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humour
humor
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
retort
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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835d244
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There are, of course, three ways to hide behind a sofa.
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jeeves-and-wooster
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Ben Schott |
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60379e1
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NOW, touching this business of old Jeeves - my man, you know - how do we stand? Lots of people think I'm much too dependent on him. My Aunt Agatha, in fact, has even gone so far as to call him my keeper. Well, what I say is: Why not? The man's a genius.
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wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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c11bc6b
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I felt most awfully braced. I felt as if the clouds had rolled away and all was as it used to be. I felt like one of those chappies in the novels who calls off the fight with his wife in the last chapter and decides to forget and forgive. I felt I wanted to do all sorts of other things to show Jeeves that I appreciated him.
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wooster
jeeves-and-wooster
jeeves
wodehouse
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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6d340e6
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Jeeves, of course, is a gentleman's gentlemen, not a butler, but if the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them.
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jeeves-and-wooster
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P.G. Wodehouse |