Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Slippery uncle

     "How did you articulate when you spoke the words 'Brabazon-Plank'? Distinctly?"

    "Yes."

    "You didn't mumble?"

    "No."

    "So you could say that what you had really said was 'Smith' or "Knachtbull-Huguessen'?"

    "No."

    Lord Ickenham reflected. "Well, then, what we must do is to tell him that I am our Plank's brother."

    "Do you think you could get away with that?"

    "There are no limits to what I can get away with when I am functioning properly."

(from Uncle Dynamite, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)

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