Tuesday, March 18, 2008
unexpected connection
Today I had an unexpected connection with Captain ILL over that wonderful 'useless son' Bertie Wooster and his fabulous valet Jeeves. I have long been a fan of P.G. Wodehouse and his cast of wack-a-doodle characters. Over the past 30 years I have waxed poetic to many a friend on how absolutely delightful these stories are. Mostly I was ignored, barely tolerated, and in a few cases out and out despised. I was successful in converting my one and only child, Jonathan. What does this have to do with cardboard? Nothing that I can think of except that I once made a larger-than-life cardboard cutout of a Frenchish waiter...who could pass for a Jeeves look-a-like if you stand way back and squint. If YOU can think of a connection between Jeeves and Wooster and cardboard please reply soon (and often).
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Well, I wasn't able to come up with a cardboard connection, but if you head over to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_P._G._Wodehouse_characters#Jeeves you'll find that Pauline Stoker and Marmaduke, 5th Baron "Chuffy" Chuffnell were the names you couldn't quite remember.
Okay... here it is. The connection between cardboard and Jeeves and Wooster (albeit a slightly distant connection): P.G.Wodehouse also wrote a play called, "Her Cardboard Lover". So... what do I win???
P.S. I believe the DVD collection of Jeeves and Wooster comes in a cardboard box... does that count?
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