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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.

— J. B. Morton By the Way (1931)

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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)

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)

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