What Ho! This Twitter thread of PG Wodehouse’s best and funniest lines is a spiffing treat for fans of the comedy genius
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There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, "Do trousers matter?". "The mood will pass, Sir"
— Shashank Joshi (@shashankjoshi) February 28, 2026
14.
“An apple a day, if well aimed, keeps the doctor away.”
— Battsby (@Battsby) February 28, 2026
15.
So many good ones, I really can't pick one, but see:
"I'd always thought her half-baked, but now I think they didn't even put her in the oven."
"She laughed – a solo effort. Nothing in the prevailing circumstances made me feel like turning it into a duet."
— Oluchi (@oluchi_bn) February 28, 2026
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“As for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on site.”
— Scott Slayton (@scottslayton) March 1, 2026
17.
"Well in that case, tinkerty-tonk!" I said, and I meant it to sting.
— Richard Bratby (@RichardBratby) February 28, 2026
18.
In one second, without any previous training or upbringing, he had become the wettest man in Worcestershire.
— Derek Wilson (@DRFW) February 28, 2026
19.
Everything in life that's any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening.
— Winston Smith (@anshuma14619378) February 28, 2026
20.
"… my aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth."
— Patricia Wood (@Patrici61686660) February 28, 2026
21.
“He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.”
— Low Burn (@SantaKlausH) February 28, 2026
22.
"I assumed it had got into your wardrobe by mistake, sir, or else it had been placed there by your enemies."
— MstieGooner (@MST3K_Reference) February 28, 2026
23.
“And there in a nutshell you have Charles Edward Biffen. As vague and woollen-headed a blighter as ever bit a sandwich.”
— Brandon Dutcher (@brandondutcher) March 1, 2026
Time to get the books out.
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