When a girl uses six derogatory adjectives in her attempt to paint the portrait of the loved one, it means something. One may indicate a merely temporary tiff. Six is big stuff.
P.G. WodehouseTag: love relationships
I tried to utter, but could not. The tongue had got all tangled up with the uvula, and the brain seemed paralyzed. I was feeling the same stunned feeling which, I imagine, Chichester Clam must have felt as the door of the potting shed slammed and he heard Boko starting to yodel without -- a nightmare sensation of being but a helpless pawn in the hands of Fate.
P.G. WodehouseTag: humor
Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow and clutch the hair, he acts. Napoleon was the same.
P.G. WodehouseTag: humor
I suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.
P.G. WodehouseHalf a league
Half a league
Half a league onward
With a hey-nonny-nonny
And a hot cha-cha.
Tag: traveling
Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant—better left unstirred.
P.G. WodehouseHe couldn’t have moved quicker if he had been the dachshund Poppet, who at this juncture was running round in circles, trying, if I read his thoughts aright, to work off the rather heavy lunch he had had earlier in the afternoon.
P.G. WodehouseTag: dachshund
Apparently that dog of hers joined you in the water.”
Yes, that’s right, he took his dip with the rest of us. But what’s that got to do with it?”
Wilbert Cream dived in and saved him.”
He could have got ashore perfectly well under his own steam. In fact, he was already on his way, doing what looked like an Australian crawl.”
That wouldn’t occur to a pinhead like Phyllis. To her Wilbert Cream is the man who rescued her dachshund from a watery grave. So she’s going to marry him.”
But you don’t marry fellows because they rescue dachshunds.”
You do, if you’ve got a mentality like hers.
Tag: dachshund
Talking of being eaten by dogs, there’s a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It’s all eyewash. His belligerent attitude is simply—"
Sound and fury signifying nothing, sir?"
That’s it. Pure swank. A few civil words, and he will be grappling you . . . What’s the expression I’ve heard you use?"
Grappling me to his soul with hoops of steel, sir?"
In the first two minutes. He wouldn’t hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name’s Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. Is self-respect demands it."
Precisely, sir."
You’ll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?"
I could not say, sir."
Nor me. I’ve often wondered.
I pity the shrimp that matches wits with you Jeeves
P.G. WodehouseTag: inspirational
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