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J. B. Morton Quotes

1893–1979 England

John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton (better known by his preferred abbreviation J. B.

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Erratum. In my article on the price of milk, 'horses' should have read 'cows' throughout.

Through Borneo (1937)

Rush hour: that hour when traffic is almost at a standstill.

Morton's Folly (1933)

The man with the false nose had gone to that bourne from which no hollingsworth returns.

Gallimaufry (1936)

The Doctor is said also to have invented an extraordinary weapon which will make war less brutal. It is described as a very powerful liquid which rots braces at a distance of a mile.

Gallimaufry (1936)

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.

By the Way (1931)

Dr. Strabismus (Whom God Preserve) of Utrecht has patented a new invention. It is an illuminated trouser-clip for bicyclists who are using main roads at night.

Morton's Folly (1933)

Mr. Justice Cocklecarrot began the hearing of a very curious case yesterday. A Mrs. Tasker is accused of continually ringing the doorbell of a Mrs. Renton, and then, when the door is opened, pushing a dozen red-bearded dwarfs into the hall and leaving them there.

Diet of Thistles (1938)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: J. B. Morton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.