#LiteraryAdventCalendar Day 7
Three snippets of Wodehouse. This is how to write a funny line - not a word wasted, nor a comma misplaced, the punchlines both perfect and unpredictable.
Three snippets of Wodehouse. This is how to write a funny line - not a word wasted, nor a comma misplaced, the punchlines both perfect and unpredictable.
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Betty McDonald on the tyranny of housework - and you have to read this magnificently funny, beautifully-paced paragraph all in one gulp.
A first paragraph, this time. Armistead Maupin hits the ground running from the first word of 'Tales of the City' - who wouldn't want to read on?
Alan Bennet pays tribute to Thora Hird.
A perfect build to an exquisite punchline from Father Ted, by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews. The parochial house gets a visit from senior nun, Sister Assumpta (click to see the whole thing):