How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

[mrv3000]

This is a strange thing to think about, but in these Sayers books I'm reading, everyone drinks coffee/tea/booze by the gallon, but no one ever has to pee. Instead they do things like go out in a boat for hours without getting out. Maybe bladders were bigger back then...

(Also, the title of my post is my all-time favorite quote from any of those books. :D)

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[soniag.livejournal.com]

Instead they do things like go out in a boat for hours without getting out. Maybe bladders were bigger back then...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Good point.

Now I'm wondering about all sorts of scenes, like when Harriet visits Reggie Pomfret in college and no doubt ends up drinking a lot to make him more endurable. Where would she pee? Down the hall? Or run back to Shrewsbury with a bursting bladder?

But the endless punting trip really boggles the mind.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Or when Harriet and Peter go for a long drive and wrestle around in a field. Maybe a bush? I can't help thinking like that! :D

[elirrina.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Also, that is one of my favorite lines too.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I actually tagged the book, just so I could find it back again. :D

[elirrina.livejournal.com]

It's in Gaudy Night, right? :D

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yup! When they're out in the boat. :D

[skippity-doo.livejournal.com]

Have you ever read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde? I'm pretty sure this comes up as a topic of conversation, at one point, with the characters from Jane Eyre.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I haven't! *adds to book list*

[ninamazing.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA. I think there's an unspoken agreement about not mentioning Bathroom Thingz in such fiction? And that is a marvelous quote.

Your LJ is SO PRETTEH. Which may be super late, but I feel like I haven't seen this layout yet *_*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA. I think there's an unspoken agreement about not mentioning Bathroom Thingz in such fiction? And that is a marvelous quote.

At least they did at least mention the bathroom in the next book... XD

Your LJ is SO PRETTEH. Which may be super late, but I feel like I haven't seen this layout yet *_*

Thanks! :)

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Which book was that quote in? I'm having a moment.

Also, lol, PEEING IS FOR THE LOWER CLASSES. OBVIOUSLY. BUNTER DEALS WITH IT ADMIRABLY.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Which book was that quote in? I'm having a moment.

It was Gaudy Night when they're in the boat. :D

Also, lol, PEEING IS FOR THE LOWER CLASSES. OBVIOUSLY. BUNTER DEALS WITH IT ADMIRABLY.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

"My lord, I'm afraid it's once again time..."

"What, so soon? Well, if I must."

Also, I've decided that Bunter and Peter could totally sing this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4L4Uv5rf0

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

... I read that like, three days ago. What is wrong with my brain?

Omg I need a Bunter. XD

And lol YES. YES THEY COULD. Their bromance totally makes me happy in a way other bromances just don't.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Omg I need a Bunter. XD

You and me both.

And lol YES. YES THEY COULD. Their bromance totally makes me happy in a way other bromances just don't.

Still SO amused that Bunter went on the honeymoon with them. XD

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

OF COURSE HE DID. HOW WOULD PETER COPE WITHOUT HIM?

Also, he (Bunter) seemed to pretty much view it as Lord-Peter-and-Bunter's honeymoon. XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I cracked up at his letter to his mother. "Well, Mother, we were happily married this morning..." Oh were we? XD

[genericzombie.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty great quote. *saves it*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

:D Anything to do with ducks is pretty spectacular.

[rattus-aerius.livejournal.com]

It's just like Star Trek. No bathrooms! XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

YES! Although in The Future^TM they might not need to pee.