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unearths some literary gems.
From Sam the Sudden, by Wodehouse:
***“That wastepaper basket over there has been in my office only four days, and already it knows more about the export and import business than you would learn if you stayed here fifty years."***[Who Needs Context? dept.]Sam had many excellent qualities, but he did not in the least resemble a potted geranium.***Their windows are dirty and forlorn and most of the lettering outside has been worn away, so that on the second floor it would appear that trade is being carried on by the Ja— & Sum—r— Rub— Co., while just above, Messrs. Smith, R-bi-s-n & G——, that mystic firm, are dealing in something curtly described as c——.***[Walking Quasi-Reference Books dept.]One of the things that make these old retainers so hard to bear is that they are so often walking editions of the chroniques scandaleuses of the family.***Swiftly reaching a decision, he went to the desk and took out a cable form.The wording of the cable gave him some little trouble. The first version was so condensed that he could not understand it himself.***[Bonus: A nightclub called the Angry Cheese]
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