Lament of a Jester

P.G.Wodehouse took grave objection to being called a
'burbling pixie', ‘believing that as such he became a hissing and a by-word
among the eggheads. You can't go calling a man a burbling pixie without
lowering his morale. He frets. He refuses to eat his cereal. He goes about with
his hands in his pockets and his lower lip jutting out, kicking stones. The
next thing you know, he is writing