[identity profile] 3a-berkeley.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] indeedsir_backup
Am I delusional or did Bertie once describe himself as being 'safe in taxis'?

Date: 2014-09-28 08:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kryptyd.livejournal.com
I don't remember that. Brits do say safe as houses though. Are taxis as safe as houses?

Date: 2014-09-28 08:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] helenajust.livejournal.com
If he did say that, it wouldn't mean the same thing as "safe as houses". I would interpret it to mean that he wouldn't pounce on an unwilling girl.

Date: 2014-09-28 09:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oonaseckar.livejournal.com
That's what I assumed myself. That, or he won't run out on a fare and stiff a poor unsuspecting cab-driver.

Date: 2014-09-28 10:20 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] drachenmina
I would interpret it to mean that he wouldn't pounce on an unwilling girl.

Yes, this is the way I've seen it used before, although then it was girls warning one another that so-and-so was "not safe in taxis" (magazine article about debutantes, I believe).

Don't recall Bertie describing himself as safe in taxis, but he absolutely would be, of course! :)

Date: 2014-09-28 11:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] horriyuo.livejournal.com
I think I remember it being in a fic, although I don't re-all it anywhere else...

Date: 2014-09-28 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com
Bertie is definitely not the type to turn into grabby man.

Date: 2014-09-29 12:18 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] derien.livejournal.com
I am absolutely positive he did say that girls knew he was safe in taxis, ie would not get grabby, but I can't quote exactly where. I'll try to find it.

"Safe in cabs"

Date: 2014-10-02 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kateyt.livejournal.com
In Saylee's "Jeeves and the Rescue" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/728173), Bertie said "because she (Angela) already knew I was safe in cabs"! (The line appears in the end of the story.)

Took almost one hour to find this fic.. (*sigh*) but it's OK, I wanted to know where did I read this phrase. Nice fic must be remembered ;)

I hope this is what you are looking for :D

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