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Old 03-13-2012, 06:45 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Perhaps I'm missing something, but why would anyone think it's a joke?
If they didn't know the book, they might well think it was a made up title ?
Like, for instance, our builder - who is a builder when he gets bored with his property developing - who fell about when I mentioned it, after he said he had just read "....in a Boat" and loved it.

There's also a superb BBC audio version.

[Harry, yes, I thought I'd perhaps been lazy with the title - but I looked at it and thought "Oh, what the L....." ]

And I heartily agree about Wodehouse - priceless, wot ?
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