Comments on: 20 Insults from P. G. Wodehouse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:02:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Prem Rao http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-90023 Prem Rao Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:55:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-90023 Nice collection. Thanks. Nice collection. Thanks.

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-80742 Matt Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:57:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-80742 Julianne, Hadn't realized you were Woodhouse fan... Julianne,

Hadn’t realized you were Woodhouse fan…

]]> By: karen marie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-80604 karen marie Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:00:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-80604 If the interwebs are good for nothing else, it seems to be good for spreading Wodehouse. <blockquote>'Ah,' he yelled, 'you may mock, comrads; you may jeer and sneer; and you may scoff; but let me tell you that the movement is spreading every day and every hour. Yes, even amongst the so-called upper classes it's spreading.'</blockquote> -- Bingo Has A Bad Day If the interwebs are good for nothing else, it seems to be good for spreading Wodehouse.

‘Ah,’ he yelled, ‘you may mock, comrads; you may jeer and sneer; and you may scoff; but let me tell you that the movement is spreading every day and every hour. Yes, even amongst the so-called upper classes it’s spreading.’

– Bingo Has A Bad Day

]]> By: Eliza http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-80593 Eliza Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:57:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-80593 Very funny! "He is pie-faced," insisted William. "Come round to the Vienna Bon-Ton Bakery tomorrow and I will show you an individual custard-pie that might be his brother." (from P.G. Wodehouse's Heart of a Goof) Very funny!

“He is pie-faced,” insisted William. “Come round to the Vienna Bon-Ton Bakery tomorrow and I will show you an individual custard-pie that might be his brother.” (from P.G. Wodehouse’s Heart of a Goof)

]]> By: Sandy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-79998 Sandy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:02:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-79998 Take note, commentators on this site could be much more creative with their insults. You preening waddle- duck. Take note, commentators on this site could be much more creative with their insults. You preening waddle- duck.

]]> By: Peter Coles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-79811 Peter Coles Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:34:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-79811 I'm sure you qualify as foxy in any case I’m sure you qualify as foxy in any case

]]> By: Julianne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-79798 Julianne Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:42:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-79798 I would so totally like to be a Professor of Cunning! I would so totally like to be a Professor of Cunning!

]]> By: Peter Coles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-79753 Peter Coles Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:51:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-79753 Julianne, I think the TV comedy series Blackadder were great at lampooning similes: "..as cunning as a fox who's just been made Professor of Cunning at Oxford University", etc. My favourite, though, was "You twist and turn like a twisty-turny thing." Peter Julianne,

I think the TV comedy series Blackadder were great at lampooning similes: “..as cunning as a fox who’s just been made Professor of Cunning at Oxford University”, etc.

My favourite, though, was “You twist and turn like a twisty-turny thing.”

Peter

]]> By: Ludwig and Bertie « The e-Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-79636 Ludwig and Bertie « The e-Astronomer Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:53:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-79636 [...] and Bertie Over at Cosmic Variance, Julianne listed Twenty Insults from P.G.Wodehouse, and myself and his Colesness joined in.  I have to confess that I find P.G.Wodehouse inexplicably [...] [...] and Bertie Over at Cosmic Variance, Julianne listed Twenty Insults from P.G.Wodehouse, and myself and his Colesness joined in.  I have to confess that I find P.G.Wodehouse inexplicably [...]

]]> By: Low Math, Meekly Interacting http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-79510 Low Math, Meekly Interacting Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:54:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/17/20-insults-from-p-g-wodehouse/#comment-79510 Ah! Thanks so much! Ah! Thanks so much!

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