My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

"The sight of the table, when at length we filed into the dining room, sent a chill through me. It was a meal for the very young or the very hungry. The uncompromising coldness and solidity of the viands was enough to appall a man conscious that his digestion needed humouring. A huge cheese faced us in an almost swashbuckling way. I do not know how else to describe it. It wore a blatant, rakish, nemo-me-impune-lacessit air, and I noticed that the professor shivered slightly as he saw it. Sardines, looking more oily and uninviting than anything I had ever seen, appeared in their native tin beyond the loaf of bread. There was a ham, in its third quarter, and a chicken which had suffered heavily during a previous visit to the table. Finally, a black bottle of whisky stood grimly beside Ukridge’s plate."

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Wodehouse, Love among the chickens (via lardr)

(Note: Nemo me impune lacessit is a latin motto which means “No one attacks me with impunity”, or rendered in Scots as “Wha daur meddle wi’ me?”)

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vi11ain:

phobs-heh:

Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry singing ”Minnie the Moocher” ( Jeeves and Wooster )

I am dying right now. British people singing this kind of jazz/blues is just too hilarious.

The Drones A light-hearted after-dinnerish roleplay game by Ian Crowther, Sheila Thomas and Victoria Uren

turner-d-century:

All PCs are members of The Drones Club, Dover St., a London club for generally idle young men. New members are put up for election by existing members.

The club provides social facilities for its members. It has two smoking rooms, one smaller and less used. An older member often mentions the “animal spirits” and “young blood” throwing sugar about in the larger smoking room. There is a bar, and a dining room where the throwing of bread rolls is de rigeur. Games of indoor cricket quite often take place in the corridors and entrance hall.

“We’re pretty broad minded here, and if you stop short of smashing the piano, there isn’t much you can do at the Drones that will cause the raised eyebrow and the sharp intake of breath”.

It is in keeping for all adventures to take place during the early 1920’s.

Background is based on some of the novels and short stories of P.G.Wodehouse.

(Source: vae-editor.livejournal.com)

wwnorton:

“P. G. Wodehouse is enjoying a popular revival thanks in part to W. W. Norton re-releasing some of his books with nice, attention-grabbing covers.” —The Millions

A Wodehouse Revival? This is simply stage one of the Wodehouse Revolution.

I, for one, welcome our new Jeevesian and Woosterian Overlords.

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angelophile:

Was there ever another writer as witty and simply laugh-out-loud funny as Wodehouse? I think not.

feedergoldfish:

Bertie is having a tough day.

I sank into a c and passed an agitated h over the b.

Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse. Key: c=chair, h=hand, b=brow.

aloysius-holland:

P.G. Wodehouse receiving his honorary doctorate from Oxford University, where he unfortunately wasn’t able to attend when he was young due to financial constraints.

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Wodehouse

warningdontreadthis:

Basil showed me these wonderful P.G. Wodehouse covers today and I really want them.