unearths some literary gems.
From Past Imperfect, by Julian Fellowes:
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[How to Be Your Own Ghost]
London is a haunted city for me now and I am the ghost that haunts it.
[Btw, that's the first sentence of the book--not bad!]
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His vagueness was more akin to Mr. Pastry.
[That sent me to Wikipedia! I'll spare you the trip: 'The series, with the theme tune "Pop Goes The Weasel", had episodes lasting 25 minutes in which Hearne assumed the character of "Mr Pastry" – an old man with a walrus moustache, dressed in a black suit or raincoat and with a trademark bowler hat. Each week, the bumbling old man would have adventures, partly slapstick, partly comic dance, with two young friends. Jon Pertwee also starred in the show in a variety of roles.']
