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[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Oh, how these reviews amuse me...

"Based on the well-loved novels of P.G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse, this British series featuring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, chronicles the misadventures (romantic and otherwise) of the impeccably dressed Bertie Wooster and his trusty and sagacious butler, Jeeves. "

Am I the only one who read this as "romantic and otherwise adventures between Jeeves and Bertie"?


I found a Belgian Drones Club... omgsquee.

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[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've been trained to twitch when Jeeves is referred to as a butler.

Heh...if we're doing accidental innuendos in articles, this one made me choke on my coffee:

"And so Jeeves dutifully awaits his master's beck and call from wherever it might come - the back of Wooster's car, his bed, his club, a country estate of one of his school chums."

....really, was it *necessary* to have the first two places be the bed and the backseat of the car? *laugh*

The whole thing is here (http://www.hatsharpening.com/j&w/mtbook.php). It has some delectable quotes.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I don't think I quite understand what the difference is between a butler and a valet. I know they are supposed to be some substantial dissimilarities in their duties, but never really knew what they were exactly.

Hah! Oh, I'd actually read that one and read right over it. I feel horribly bad now, skipping over slash. 'The back of Wooster's car'. Rawr! Thanks for quoting it back. ;)

I love that article, though. Simply for Hugh and Stephen's quotes. *twirls happily* It's true, they could hardly have found anyone better for the parts. Not to mention I've a soft spot for best-friend-actors who do buddy parts every now and then. Extra points credited for being funny as hell, and extra extra points being credited to Hugh for being as musical as he is... I might give Stephen his extra extras later on. I'm going to start reading 'Making History' tonight. (Was going to start it earlier, but Wildian poetry demanded my attention. Damn him for writing about Pan. He should know I can't resist that. *shakes fist at dead people who should know better than to write books that would still be read ages lates*)

I'm babbling, aren't I? Ignore it. I just took a little nap and tend to be gabby when I just wake up. *makes coffee*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

The way I understand it, a butler is the head of the rest of the household staff (if you have any) and he manages the household generally -- arranging social calendars, manning the door, and whatnot. Whereas a valet is the sort of servant that one takes on trips -- he lays out your clothes, draws your bathwater, personal servant stuff.

At least that's what I think it is. I've probably got it dead wrong, of course, and I don't suppose it makes all that much of a difference when you've only got one servant to begin with.

It was a pretty good article -- though I think a proper fellow like Jeeves would eschew the backseat of a car for such activities. Rather vulgar, I thought.

Sorry about the double-post, Simon did something weird. :/

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Simon's forgiven.

Thanks for the explanation. I'd been wondering for a while now and have been entirely too lazy to look it up.

You think Jeeves would eschew the backseat? Aw, you're ruining at least five perfectly good fantasies here. *G*

[ilthit.livejournal.com]

And now I'm thinking about Jeeves and Bertie and activities in the backseat. You two, honestly. *huffs*

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

*bows and grins*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, isn't Bertie's car a two-seater? Or does he have more than one? I can't quite remember.

But far be it from me to stand in the way of your perfectly good fantasies -- dream away ^_^ Though judging by the period cars I've seen, engaging in any 'romantic athletics' in the backseat of one of them would require quite a bit of dexterity...

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

O.o! Even better! *adds to list of fantasy material*