26.6.10

Bingo Little's Tie

I watched a documentary about life in modern day England. It followed this rich guy Bertie Wooster who, in common with most people in the Home Counties, has a butler. A chap called Jeeves who is considerably more sagacious and urbane than his master.

There was this scene in it where Bertie's pal Bingo arrives wearing a tie given to him by a waitress he's smitten with. When Jeeves sees it he visibly recoils and leaves the room to recover. The camera follows Bertie into the kitchen where he asks Jeeves what's wrong.
"Mr Little's tie. It had little horseshoes on it"
Then, in what could well be the guiding motto For The Way We Live Today, he adds:
"It's sometimes difficult to shrug these things off, Sir".

1 comment:

Emma said...

Valet! Jeeves is his valet!