Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Drones Club

Ealier I wrote of reading Wodehouse for the first time, and discovering some of the funnniest prose I've ever come across. Thanks to the Drones Club, you can whistle up some funny bits of Wodehouse without actually cracking a book.
Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his head first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate. All the unhappy
marriages come from husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him.
Sally

He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
The Code of the Woosters

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
The Inimitable Jeeves

Blair Eggleston was a man who wore side-whiskers and if the truth were known, was probably a secret beret-wearer as well.
Hot Water

When two strong men stand face to face, each claiming to be Major Brabazon-Plank, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of strain, resulting in a momentary silence.
Uncle Dynamite


And this too was interesting: Orwell on Wodehouse.
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