Quiz Show Host: "How many buns make five?" Paddington Bear: "Two and a half." QSH: "Sorry, that's the wrong answer." PB: "I always share my buns with Mr.Gruber."
In a bit of synchronicity, I had a discussion about Paddington and Darkest Peru over tea and scones with a young lady of my acquaintance just yesterday.
I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
Quiz Show Host: "How many buns make five?"
ReplyDeletePaddington Bear: "Two and a half."
QSH: "Sorry, that's the wrong answer."
PB: "I always share my buns with Mr.Gruber."
Now stuck thinking of "ices" and "lollies"....
In a bit of synchronicity, I had a discussion about Paddington and Darkest Peru over tea and scones with a young lady of my acquaintance just yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWondering what about the picnic with Mole and Ratty in "Wind in the Willows?" My model for years.
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