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When it comes to romance, as I can attest, their modus operandi is: ‘Find a feller you really like, and change him.’
‘WOOSTER!’ He often spoke with the shift-key down.
Saturday was as oojah-cum-spiff as a summer’s day could be. Not only was the lark on the wing and the snail on the thorn – comme par ordinaire – but as far as the eye could see every other member of the animal kingdom was suitably conjoined with its appropriate poetical appurtenance.
‘Thank you, sir. I endeavour to give satisfaction.’
‘That’s one school of thought,’ I said, ‘though not a very well-attended school.’
Who was it who said marriage exists not only to punish the guilty but also to protect the innocent?’ ‘I believe the maxim is more usually applied to prison, sir, although one can appreciate the parallels.
