on the frustrations of forgetting
Saturday, July 12, 2008
(originally from september 23, 2006)
It's amazing how something so hilarious can be so irritating -- when you forget it, that is. There was a fantastically funny P.G. Wodehouse quote somewhere in The Small Bachelor (which isn't all that extraordinary, considering it's P.G. (can I be on a first-two-initial basis with him, do you think? or maybe that's just plain tacky ...), but this book is not his best, so I was prizing the funnier moments more than usual), but I read it and laughed and kept reading and, well, the problem is I haven't a clue if the funny bit (I thought maybe it involved Americans? or engagements? or fathers? but then, none of that really narrows it down, either) was two pages back or twenty. Oddly enough, with jolly ol' P.G. those pages just keep turning, even when it's not his greatest and grandest. Alas. I recommend strongly that you read The Small Bachelor. And when you get to the funny part, could you please tell me? --K.D.
