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- From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
- Subject: Re: Viva Wodehouse
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.234101.12529@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:41:01 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.163124.3251@news.cs.indiana.edu> "rajesh kamath" <rkamath@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
- >Hi everybody,
- >
- >Good to see a newsgroup on the master of comedy. As for a term for all
- >right thinking Wodehouse fans, how about "Wodeheads" a la Deadheads for
- >the Grateful Dead?
- >
- >Let me cite some memorable wodehousia:
- >
- >"He had the look of a frustrated tiger whose personal physician had
- >recommended a strict vegetarian diet..."
- >
- >"....fell into the washing machine and did as many revolutions per minute
- >as a small African republic..."
- >
- >"....conversing with Aunt Dahlia was like throwing chaff into the path
- >of a lively tornado.."
- >
- >Any more, folks?
-
- Well, in the same vein as #1 in your list:
-
- "He had the look of an ostrich that had swallowed a door knob"
-
- Also, remember the one
-
- "He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life, and found a dead beetle
- at the bottom " ?
-
- >
- >Pip-pip and toodle-oo, what?
-
- Absolutely, old chap :-)
-
- >Rajesh Kamath
- >
-
- **sridhar**
-
-