unearths some literary gems.
From a memoir by Jon Pertwee:
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[One of the local postmen] possessed the longest eyebrows I've ever seen on a man, which, when he was at speed, flapped around his eyes alarmingly.
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[Uncle Guy] would start, stop, re-start, hiccup and backfire his way through a sentence, with an "I say, what?--now look here--er--can't ever you do it?--no question!--do what you did--er--Mother, this was delicious, don't you know!"
By profession, he was a teacher of elocution!
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I remember with nostalgia the sight of my father with nervous paper hat from a cracker jammed splitting on his head, involved in a heated political discussion with a guest wearing an equally stupid hat. There are few things in life more ludicrous than the sight of two grown men locked in verbal combat, completely unaware that they are sporting silly paper hats!
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[Mr. Bloom] wore thick pebble glasses to no apparent purpose, as they rested permanently on the top of his head and were never to be seen on the end of his nose.
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