Faulks on Fiction . Great Programs on BBC Two
36 minutes ago
THE NAKED APE GETS DRESSED. For those who strive for better things and who understand, as did Ben Jonson, that: "the pipe marks the point at which the orang-utan ends and man begins". - And those who understand S T Coleridge's: "While Fate tramples on things of beauty, the indignant human heart shall utter them."
I completely agree, it's rare to see a well dressed man nowadays, I had to pull husband up by the scruff of the neck, I used to shudder at his clothes.
ReplyDeleteOn a sour note, Fortnums have lost my Christmas order and are saying they will give my money back, er I don't think so, Lady Muck wants her game pie and KIng George Christmas pudding - fizzing with seasonal rage!
B&P - I should have thought that there is still time to meet your order and, if they have to send it by special courier, you'd think that they (of all of them) would make the effort. Another problem of modern society is that the customer is never right and never valued. I do recall how good Harrods were a few years ago, when we bought and left behind a couple of Dover sole - they responded by immediately sending their van with the package - not very far, admittedly - but even so.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid, though, that Scrooge was probably originally right about Christmas: Bah! Humbug! -very glad to be clear of its commercialism and scrummage!
NJS