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Famous words
Misery begets mirth.
The children of pain and suffering often provide much joy. Sherlock Holmes’s son Wooster is ample evidence.
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September 25th, 2006 - 09:58
I don’t know whether to interpret this in terms of “Sweet are the fruits of adversity”. Children have unconditioned minds and tend to be carefree naturally irrespective of background. Since they are in such pain, every new achievement for them is a bonus and that is what probably makes them reremain happy.
September 25th, 2006 - 11:27
Hiren, perhaps you read my words too literally.
September 25th, 2006 - 19:30
Which Wooster? Esplain pleece!
September 25th, 2006 - 22:08
Bertram Wooster, master of the house, Man of Jeeves, son of Sherlock Holmes.
September 26th, 2006 - 01:31
WTF? Have to look that one up!
September 26th, 2006 - 11:05
Anand anna,
Of course, Ravages meant he was Holmes’ son in spirits – the way he and Jeeves “detect” and “foresee” the solutions and work their way through it – and yet doing it in their own way!
And Ravages,
Jeeves is Wooster’s man and not the other way round!
Talking about apostrophes, it should rather be “Sherlock Holmes’ son”, I believe.
September 26th, 2006 - 11:36
Anand: Sherlock and Wooster are in many ways similar, but a generation apart. In that sense, SH is the father of BW.
Also, PGW makes a lot of references to ACD in his books, especially in the Wooster series. I will write in more detail about this theory of mine.
Zero: Yes, you kind of got what I am getting at. I will write in a little more detail about this soon.
As for the apostrophe, it is Sherlock Holmes’s son. You drop an S only for plural possesives
September 26th, 2006 - 12:04
Oh, yeah, surest thing about the apostrophe, I knew that names ending with an ’s’ needed the ’s’ after apostrophe. But, my misgiving turned into an unconscious belief (if you know what I mean) with the other usage being so common that I forgot what was what!
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