Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Mottos

Brit has discovered a motto for our times - and very good it is (and good to see Peter de Vries getting a mention). The motto puts me in mind of the wise words of Bertie Wooster on a similar theme: 'The bally balliness of it all makes it seem so bally bally.' It does indeed - and most especially so in times like these...
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  1. Brit3 February 2010 at 21:54

    Timeless that. The bally balliness of it all never ceases.

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  2. Gadjo Dilo4 February 2010 at 07:40

    I reckon we now have - Bertie Wooster's wisdom here and W.E. Henley's in the previous post - a complete system for dealing with the world.

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  3. dearieme4 February 2010 at 10:02

    @Gadjo Dilo: perhaps you should add Kipling's "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" and Burns's "To a Mouse" for true completeness.

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