Lamps by day
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Like Wodehouse, but without Jeeves, Wooster, or the quality of prose.
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Lamps by day
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· Sep 22
Life is a highway
Wii sports, as it were
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Have you urinated on a bus ride?
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A dose of Wodehouse to liven up the day-probably my favorite, but there’s so many to choose from 🥃
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A dose of Wodehouse to liven up the day-probably my favorite, but there’s so many to choose from 🥃
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'Lord Emsworth was 'registering' interest - interest which, he perceived from the first instant, would have to be completely simulated; for instinct told him, as Mr Peters began to talk, that he was about to be bored as he had seldom been bored in his life.'
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
'Lord Emsworth was 'registering' interest - interest which, he perceived from the first instant, would have to be completely simulated; for instinct told him, as Mr Peters began to talk, that he was about to be bored as he had seldom been bored in his life.'
Have you urinated on a bus ride?
Life is a highway
Wii sports, as it were
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September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Have you urinated on a bus ride?
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Trying unsuccessfully to work out the correct conclusion to the syllogism
September 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trying unsuccessfully to work out the correct conclusion to the syllogism
A case study on picking one's battles:
What does 'upper-class' mean?
A short tale of slander and woe
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September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A case study on picking one's battles:
At a friend’s birthday, I introduced myself to their friends by asking if they were pro- or anti- the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. They reacted with some uncertainty, but seemed to feel the culpability for any resulting awkwardness lay with me…
The Conversationalist
Non-fiction: all true, and any names are pseudonyms
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September 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
At a friend’s birthday, I introduced myself to their friends by asking if they were pro- or anti- the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. They reacted with some uncertainty, but seemed to feel the culpability for any resulting awkwardness lay with me…
INTERVIEWER
‘You’re ninety-one now, aren’t you?’
WODEHOUSE
‘Ninety-one and a half! Ninety-two in October.’
‘You’re ninety-one now, aren’t you?’
WODEHOUSE
‘Ninety-one and a half! Ninety-two in October.’
“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t remember what I did before that.” —P. G. Wodehouse https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3773/p-g-wodehouse-the-art-of-fiction-no-60-p-g-wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse, The Art of Fiction No. 60
“The thing to do is to say to yourself, ‘Which are my big scenes?’ and then get every drop of juice out of them.”
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August 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
INTERVIEWER
‘You’re ninety-one now, aren’t you?’
WODEHOUSE
‘Ninety-one and a half! Ninety-two in October.’
‘You’re ninety-one now, aren’t you?’
WODEHOUSE
‘Ninety-one and a half! Ninety-two in October.’
One day, I told Elspeth her sparkly top made her look like one of those old ladies on a night out in London. Back-tracking was necessary but not sufficient.
Later that day, she showed me the book she’d been lent – and strongly recommended – by her host the previous evening: How to have Feminist Sex
Later that day, she showed me the book she’d been lent – and strongly recommended – by her host the previous evening: How to have Feminist Sex
The Conversationalist
Non-fiction: all true, and any names are pseudonyms
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August 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One day, I told Elspeth her sparkly top made her look like one of those old ladies on a night out in London. Back-tracking was necessary but not sufficient.
Later that day, she showed me the book she’d been lent – and strongly recommended – by her host the previous evening: How to have Feminist Sex
Later that day, she showed me the book she’d been lent – and strongly recommended – by her host the previous evening: How to have Feminist Sex
One day, trying to fill up dead time when I worked in a bank, I went down to the cafeteria with a colleague to hunt and gather free food. There was no food, but instead a large glass container of water with floating lemons and limes.
I wished to progress my five-a-day and set course for the jug…
I wished to progress my five-a-day and set course for the jug…
The Jugular
Non-fiction: all true, and any names are pseudonyms
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August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One day, trying to fill up dead time when I worked in a bank, I went down to the cafeteria with a colleague to hunt and gather free food. There was no food, but instead a large glass container of water with floating lemons and limes.
I wished to progress my five-a-day and set course for the jug…
I wished to progress my five-a-day and set course for the jug…
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someone called this image 'AI slop'. sir the only slop in this picture is in the pig trough
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
August 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
someone called this image 'AI slop'. sir the only slop in this picture is in the pig trough
‘Spare a thought for CP Peel. Regardless of the reader’s anarchic, libertarian, or generally anti-authority prejudices, it can surely be agreed that the man had, frankly, suffered enough...’
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 7]
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 7]
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 7
Fiction: chapters 13-14
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August 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
‘Spare a thought for CP Peel. Regardless of the reader’s anarchic, libertarian, or generally anti-authority prejudices, it can surely be agreed that the man had, frankly, suffered enough...’
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 7]
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 7]
‘…outsourcing didn’t fit her journalistic ideal of exploiting vulnerable sources herself’
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 6]
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 6]
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 6
Fiction: chapters 11-12
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July 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
‘…outsourcing didn’t fit her journalistic ideal of exploiting vulnerable sources herself’
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 6]
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 6]
‘Marcus and Lucy hadn’t truly considered the possibility that Bonnie’s room, having been discovered empty, would suddenly refill itself…’
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 5]
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 5]
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 5
Fiction: chapters 9-10
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July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
‘Marcus and Lucy hadn’t truly considered the possibility that Bonnie’s room, having been discovered empty, would suddenly refill itself…’
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 5]
[The Pursuit of Flower: Part 5]
‘I suppose there’s nothing that braces one more thoroughly than the spectacle of the forces of darkness stubbing their toe.’
Some juicy quotes from a #Wodehouse masterpiece. Welcome to "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves":
Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves: juicy quotes
PG Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - laugh out loud moments but not my favourite in the canon of Jeeves and Wooster masterpieces.
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June 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘I suppose there’s nothing that braces one more thoroughly than the spectacle of the forces of darkness stubbing their toe.’
‘Despite her repeated demands that Percy tap into his predator instinct, Perdita was herself on the point of faking a heart attack when she noticed a doorknob digging into her back.’
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 4
Fiction: chapters 7-8
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June 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
‘Despite her repeated demands that Percy tap into his predator instinct, Perdita was herself on the point of faking a heart attack when she noticed a doorknob digging into her back.’
‘“You know me, Jeeves. The silent tomb.”
“The matter is highly confidential, sir. It should not be allowed to go further.”
“Wild horses shall not drag it from me. Not that I suppose they’ll try.”’
“The matter is highly confidential, sir. It should not be allowed to go further.”
“Wild horses shall not drag it from me. Not that I suppose they’ll try.”’
A page of #Wodehouse to brighten your morning. Here Bertie and Jeeves discuss Bertie's Uncle Percy.
June 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
‘“You know me, Jeeves. The silent tomb.”
“The matter is highly confidential, sir. It should not be allowed to go further.”
“Wild horses shall not drag it from me. Not that I suppose they’ll try.”’
“The matter is highly confidential, sir. It should not be allowed to go further.”
“Wild horses shall not drag it from me. Not that I suppose they’ll try.”’
‘Spode bristled like a hornet whose feelings have been wounded by a tactless remark.’
“#Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit” has a plot “as full of curves as a scenic railway”. It includes some of #Wodehouse’s funniest scenes ever. buff.ly/qt9G85C #pgwodehouse #wodehouse #wooster
"Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit": 20 delicious quotations
"Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit" has a plot "as full of curves as a scenic railway". It includes some of Wodehouse's funniest scenes ever.
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June 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
‘Spode bristled like a hornet whose feelings have been wounded by a tactless remark.’
Fun to ponder this stuff - I’m absolutely no expert in literary criticism, but would wonder whether ‘jerk’ is perhaps too strong a word here?
And once you get to the very good stuff, everyone is either a moron, a jerk, or both. Even Jeeves, though omniscient, has no problem causing people all sorts of distress just to enact a plan. It's when Wodehouse is trying to write with ANY sincerity that he loses you.
June 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fun to ponder this stuff - I’m absolutely no expert in literary criticism, but would wonder whether ‘jerk’ is perhaps too strong a word here?
‘Oh I agree entirely - moderation is the word. Anyhow - let’s climb this wall, break into Bonnie’s room, reclaim the bouquet, climb back down and make our escape.’
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 3
Chapters 3-4
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June 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
‘Oh I agree entirely - moderation is the word. Anyhow - let’s climb this wall, break into Bonnie’s room, reclaim the bouquet, climb back down and make our escape.’
‘She looked like a tomato struggling for self-expression.’
"God's gift to the gastric juices" - who recognises this key #Wodehouse character, the first time we meet him?
Right Ho Jeeves
Right Ho Jeeves is based around Bertie Wooster becoming estranged from Jeeves and having to fend for himself. This does not go well.
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June 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
‘She looked like a tomato struggling for self-expression.’
‘The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her enquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.’
Is "#Jeeves in the Offing" the most hilarious #Wodehouse masterpiece?
Jeeves in the Offing by PG Wodehouse - a hilarious masterpiece
"Jeeves in the Offing" - a hilarious masterpiece by PG Wodehouse: 15 hilarious quotations and 8 examples of peculiar Wodehouse vocabulary.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
‘The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her enquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.’
The comparison of Chandler and Wodehouse quotes side by side is remarkable!
“The truth, as it often is, turns out to be both simpler and more profound than our imaginations.” @arvd.bsky.social explores the surprising connection between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse.
May 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The comparison of Chandler and Wodehouse quotes side by side is remarkable!
They say character is revealed in crisis…
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 2
Chapters 3-4
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May 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They say character is revealed in crisis…
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 1
Like Wodehouse, but without Jeeves, Wooster or the quality of prose…
Like Wodehouse, but without Jeeves, Wooster or the quality of prose…
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 1
Chapters 1-2
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May 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Pursuit of Flower: Part 1
Like Wodehouse, but without Jeeves, Wooster or the quality of prose…
Like Wodehouse, but without Jeeves, Wooster or the quality of prose…