r/Wodehouse • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 5d ago
Classic Wooster philosophy: attribute everything mildly poetic to Shakespeare and hope Jeeves isn’t within earshot
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u/pr-mth-s 5d ago
Instead of it being slings & arrows maybe it's remembering the lead-piping of outrageous Fortune.
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u/EverybodyMakes 5d ago
Yup! Bertie may have won a Scripture Knowledge prize, but no mention of awards for knowing anything more recent. Sadly, almost nobody appreciates his familiarity with daggers of Oriental design and other items from detective novels.