Comments on: What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabout, was also Batman? http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/ Christopher Bird writes about things. Fri, 25 May 2012 01:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew David Brozik http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-2/#comment-78777 Matthew David Brozik Thu, 17 May 2012 15:13:16 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-78777 You might very much enjoy my new e-book, <a href="http://amzn.to/KWCE3V" rel="nofollow">WODEHOUSEBROKEN</a>—in the penultimate story of which, Jeeves subs in for his cousin, A. Pennyworth. http://amzn.to/KWCE3V You might very much enjoy my new e-book, WODEHOUSEBROKEN—in the penultimate story of which, Jeeves subs in for his cousin, A. Pennyworth.

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]]> By: Reuben http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-63071 Reuben Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:19:26 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-63071 This was absolutely wonderful, thank you so much. I'd clean forgotten how much I adore Wodehouse. :) This was absolutely wonderful, thank you so much. I’d clean forgotten how much I adore Wodehouse. :)

]]> By: Ambi http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-63023 Ambi Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:36:28 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-63023 Oh yes, please change it to "trousers". "Pants" was like being hit on the head with a frying pan. Spectacularly lovely otherwise though. Oh yes, please change it to “trousers”. “Pants” was like being hit on the head with a frying pan. Spectacularly lovely otherwise though.

]]> By: TomB http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-41211 TomB Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:27:56 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-41211 “Good morning. Your breakfast sir. I have prepared your usual scrambled egg, kippers and bacon.” “Splendid Jeeves! I’ve worked up the most colossal appetite. “Then tonight’s excursion went well, sir?” “A bit sticky at the outset, as a matter of fact. I went to punch a hooligan and as luck would have it, got tangled in my wretched cape. “You may perhaps recall. sir, that I warned you of the unsuitability of such a garment.” “Jeeves, I've told you twice, now. That cape is part of my ensemble. . .” “Is that not, sir, because twice your legs have got entangled in your cape.” “Ah ha, Jeeves. I didn’t say my legs were entangled in my cape, merely that I had got entangled in it.” “If I may enquire, sir, what did get entangled?” “Well, my right arm, actually.” “Is that not the arm you use for smiting the foe, sir?” “You're being tedious, Jeeves. You know perfectly well that it's my smiting arm. I am not to be bullied. The cape stays.” “I confess, sir, I fail to understand the appeal of the cape.” “Dramatic, Jeeves, don't you know? Like a bat’s wings. The criminal mind fears it instinctively.” “Do I understand you to say, sir, that the criminal mind instinctively fears gentlemen in opera-cloaks?” “Ah, but my cape is no opera-cloak, Jeeves. By no means. For one thing, the cut is quite different. It rupples.” “Rupples, sir?” “Yes. It ruffles and it ripples. Therefore, it rupples.” “This ruppling of which you speak, sir. Might one suggest that ruppling merely denotes its propensity to entangle?” “That's quite enough about entangling, Jeeves. My cape is the very pith and marrow of my bat-wings, don't you know, for I am a child of the night and . . . and so forth.” “Might not some less inconvenient means of simulation serve equally, sir?” “Well, without the wings, I’m hardly a bat, am I? Just a sort of black badger.” “I understand, sir, that even badgers can be quite unpleasantly aggressive, if provoked.” “Yes, but it isn't as if a great roaring badger came smashing through my window at Brinkley, is it? That was a bat. An omen, Jeeves. Can’t mess about with omens, you know. Very bad luck.” “You may recollect, sir, that a bat did not crash through your window. It was merely a dream.” “Dream or not, Jeeves, omens are still omens.” “Undoubtedly, sir. But that hardly alters the case.” “ I say, Jeeves, if I may change the subject, this provender is jolly good.” “I endeavour to give satisfaction, sir. May I ask, sir, what was the result of your encounter with the criminals you mention?” “Oh, but that was not my only encounter, Jeeves.” “Indeed, sir?” “Well, first of all, I delivered the first lot to the local constabulary.” “Speaking of the constabulary, sir, I ought perhaps to mention that Inspector Gordon called again. He was most anxious to see you. It would seem, sir, that he entertains suspicions.” “How dashed awkward. Are you quite sure, Jeeves?” “Quite sure, sir.” “I wonder how he caught on. I’ve been doing the growly voice, you know. Doesn’t sound a bit like Bertram.” “You may remember, sir, that you also used the growly voice last month for your bear impersonation at the Policemen’s Charitable Association evening.” “You don't think he got the idea then, do you, Jeeves?” “I should consider it extremely probable, sir.” “Oh. Oh , by the way, Jeeves, if I may change the subject again, did you manage to get those lozenges from the chemist?” “Yes, sir. Blackcurrant, as you requested.” “Topping. Where was I, Jeeves?” “You had just placed certain miscreants in the hands of the police, sir.” “Oh, yes, so I had. Well, then. The night was young, Jeeves, so I took a stroll down by Wapping, on the off chance of catching some more criminals in flagrante, if that's the phrase.” “And did you, sir?” “Well actually, Jeeves, since you ask, I did,. That was the astounding thing – I came across a gang absolutely stripping a cargo vessel. “Hardly astounding, sir. For cargo vessels the depredations of the dockland criminal are a quite usual hazard.” “I wouldn’t call this usual.” “Indeed, sir? ” “Didn’t I mention the fellow in fancy dress?” “No, sir.” “Well, there was one.” “When you say 'fancy dress', sir, do you mean as for a pantomime? The dame, perhaps?” “More like a clown, Jeeves, I'd say.” “What sort of clown, sir? Traditional whiteface, auguste? An Italian clown, possibly, of the comedia dell’arte variety?” “Which one wears purple pantaloons?” “That is auguste, sir.” “Well, at any rate, Jeeves, this clown was the ringleader.” “That would be most improper, sir. The auguste clown is customarily subservient to the whiteface. It would appear that your adversary has had no formal training in clowning.” “You know, Jeeves, I suspected as much. He hit me on the head with his brolly.” “Did you apprehend him, sir?” “No, no, that’s the thing. I got his underlings, though. But the big cheese got away.” “How unfortunate, sir. “Looks bad, Jeeves. And I expect this clown will make up for lost time. I say, did you hear that, Jeeves? “Make up.” Came to me quite by chance.” “Most amusing, sir.” “Thank you, Jeeves. Well, it’s been a long night, so it’s bedtime for Bertie, I think. Be a good fellow, Jeeves, and don't wake me before two.” “Just as you please, sir.” “Oh, and Jeeves, did you ask about . .?” “Yes, sir, I approached the owner of the building as you suggested. He did not appear to favour the proposal. ” “No secret passage to the cellar, then?” “I fear not, sir "Well that dishes the bally scheme. A secret base in the cellar would have been jolly thematic.” “Hardly, sir. None of the cheiroptera is known to frequent cellars." “I speak figuratively, Jeeves. A bat must have his cave, you know.” “And, if I may say so, sir, a badger his hole.” “Jeeves, do stop going on about badgers.” “Certainly, sir.” “Good morning. Your breakfast sir. I have prepared your usual scrambled egg, kippers and bacon.”
“Splendid Jeeves! I’ve worked up the most colossal appetite.
“Then tonight’s excursion went well, sir?”
“A bit sticky at the outset, as a matter of fact. I went to punch a hooligan and as luck would have it, got tangled in my wretched cape.
“You may perhaps recall. sir, that I warned you of the unsuitability of such a garment.”
“Jeeves, I’ve told you twice, now. That cape is part of my ensemble. . .”
“Is that not, sir, because twice your legs have got entangled in your cape.”
“Ah ha, Jeeves. I didn’t say my legs were entangled in my cape, merely that I had got entangled in it.”
“If I may enquire, sir, what did get entangled?”
“Well, my right arm, actually.”
“Is that not the arm you use for smiting the foe, sir?”
“You’re being tedious, Jeeves. You know perfectly well that it’s my smiting arm. I am not to be bullied. The cape stays.”
“I confess, sir, I fail to understand the appeal of the cape.”
“Dramatic, Jeeves, don’t you know? Like a bat’s wings. The criminal mind fears it instinctively.”
“Do I understand you to say, sir, that the criminal mind instinctively fears gentlemen in opera-cloaks?”
“Ah, but my cape is no opera-cloak, Jeeves. By no means. For one thing, the cut is quite different. It rupples.”
“Rupples, sir?”
“Yes. It ruffles and it ripples. Therefore, it rupples.”
“This ruppling of which you speak, sir. Might one suggest that ruppling merely denotes its propensity to entangle?”
“That’s quite enough about entangling, Jeeves. My cape is the very pith and marrow of my bat-wings, don’t you know, for I am a child of the night and . . . and so forth.”
“Might not some less inconvenient means of simulation serve equally, sir?”
“Well, without the wings, I’m hardly a bat, am I? Just a sort of black badger.”
“I understand, sir, that even badgers can be quite unpleasantly aggressive, if provoked.”
“Yes, but it isn’t as if a great roaring badger came smashing through my window at Brinkley, is it? That was a bat. An omen, Jeeves. Can’t mess about with omens, you know. Very bad luck.”
“You may recollect, sir, that a bat did not crash through your window. It was merely a dream.”
“Dream or not, Jeeves, omens are still omens.”
“Undoubtedly, sir. But that hardly alters the case.”
“ I say, Jeeves, if I may change the subject, this provender is jolly good.”
“I endeavour to give satisfaction, sir. May I ask, sir, what was the result of your encounter with the criminals you mention?”
“Oh, but that was not my only encounter, Jeeves.”
“Indeed, sir?”
“Well, first of all, I delivered the first lot to the local constabulary.”
“Speaking of the constabulary, sir, I ought perhaps to mention that Inspector Gordon called again. He was most anxious to see you. It would seem, sir, that he entertains suspicions.”
“How dashed awkward. Are you quite sure, Jeeves?”
“Quite sure, sir.”
“I wonder how he caught on. I’ve been doing the growly voice, you know. Doesn’t sound a bit like Bertram.”
“You may remember, sir, that you also used the growly voice last month for your bear impersonation at the Policemen’s Charitable Association evening.”
“You don’t think he got the idea then, do you, Jeeves?”
“I should consider it extremely probable, sir.”
“Oh. Oh , by the way, Jeeves, if I may change the subject again, did you manage to get those lozenges from the chemist?”
“Yes, sir. Blackcurrant, as you requested.”
“Topping. Where was I, Jeeves?”
“You had just placed certain miscreants in the hands of the police, sir.”
“Oh, yes, so I had. Well, then. The night was young, Jeeves, so I took a stroll down by Wapping, on the off chance of catching some more criminals in flagrante, if that’s the phrase.”
“And did you, sir?”
“Well actually, Jeeves, since you ask, I did,. That was the astounding thing – I came across a gang absolutely stripping a cargo vessel.
“Hardly astounding, sir. For cargo vessels the depredations of the dockland criminal are a quite usual hazard.”
“I wouldn’t call this usual.”
“Indeed, sir? ”
“Didn’t I mention the fellow in fancy dress?”
“No, sir.”
“Well, there was one.”
“When you say ‘fancy dress’, sir, do you mean as for a pantomime? The dame, perhaps?”
“More like a clown, Jeeves, I’d say.”
“What sort of clown, sir? Traditional whiteface, auguste? An Italian clown, possibly, of the comedia dell’arte variety?”
“Which one wears purple pantaloons?”
“That is auguste, sir.”
“Well, at any rate, Jeeves, this clown was the ringleader.”
“That would be most improper, sir. The auguste clown is customarily subservient to the whiteface. It would appear that your adversary has had no formal training in clowning.”
“You know, Jeeves, I suspected as much. He hit me on the head with his brolly.”
“Did you apprehend him, sir?”
“No, no, that’s the thing. I got his underlings, though. But the big cheese got away.”
“How unfortunate, sir.
“Looks bad, Jeeves. And I expect this clown will make up for lost time. I say, did you hear that, Jeeves? “Make up.” Came to me quite by chance.”
“Most amusing, sir.”
“Thank you, Jeeves. Well, it’s been a long night, so it’s bedtime for Bertie, I think. Be a good fellow, Jeeves, and don’t wake me before two.”
“Just as you please, sir.”
“Oh, and Jeeves, did you ask about . .?”
“Yes, sir, I approached the owner of the building as you suggested. He did not appear to favour the proposal. ”
“No secret passage to the cellar, then?”
“I fear not, sir
“Well that dishes the bally scheme. A secret base in the cellar would have been jolly thematic.”
“Hardly, sir. None of the cheiroptera is known to frequent cellars.”
“I speak figuratively, Jeeves. A bat must have his cave, you know.”
“And, if I may say so, sir, a badger his hole.”
“Jeeves, do stop going on about badgers.”
“Certainly, sir.”

]]> By: marit_xo http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40818 marit_xo Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:44:51 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40818 Haaaaaaahaha, almost died laughing. One small tip though, to get it completely perfect..a fellow forummember of a HL forum pointed out: In English it's trousers, not pants. You should SO send it to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie! Haaaaaaahaha, almost died laughing. One small tip though, to get it completely perfect..a fellow forummember of a HL forum pointed out: In English it’s trousers, not pants. You should SO send it to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie!

]]> By: IM http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40764 IM Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:34:32 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40764 Bobbie as Pioson Ivy, Madeleine as Harley Quinn and Flossie as Cat Woman? Just a thought... Bobbie as Pioson Ivy, Madeleine as Harley Quinn and Flossie as Cat Woman? Just a thought…

]]> By: Wooster-shire sauciness « Sheepless in Rhode Island http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40712 Wooster-shire sauciness « Sheepless in Rhode Island Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:19:28 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40712 [...] PDRTJS_settings_159630_post_2507 = { "id" : "159630", "unique_id" : "wp-post-2507", "title" : "Wooster-shire+sauciness", "item_id" : "_post_2507", "permalink" : "http%3A%2F%2Fsarahmackenzie.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fwooster-shire-sauciness%2F" } Do you often wonder…What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabout, was also Batman? [...] [...] PDRTJS_settings_159630_post_2507 = { "id" : "159630", "unique_id" : "wp-post-2507", "title" : "Wooster-shire+sauciness", "item_id" : "_post_2507", "permalink" : "http%3A%2F%2Fsarahmackenzie.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fwooster-shire-sauciness%2F" } Do you often wonder…What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabout, was also Batman? [...]

]]> By: Genrewonk » Random things http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40709 Genrewonk » Random things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:04:23 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40709 [...] P. G. Wodehouse does Batman. [...] [...] P. G. Wodehouse does Batman. [...]

]]> By: Piecost.Net » Would that make him Batty Wooster? http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40456 Piecost.Net » Would that make him Batty Wooster? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:15 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40456 [...] that’s a suitable grounding for extrapolating & visualising the scene here in “What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabout, was also Batman?“. “Enough talk about that, Jeeves. I think I’ve made it quite clear that the cape [...] [...] that’s a suitable grounding for extrapolating & visualising the scene here in “What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabout, was also Batman?“. “Enough talk about that, Jeeves. I think I’ve made it quite clear that the cape [...]

]]> By: Labseraph http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40441 Labseraph Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:02:36 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40441 Oh my, what a wonderful take on Wodehouse's character. Dare I hope there are more? XD Oh my, what a wonderful take on Wodehouse’s character. Dare I hope there are more?

XD

]]> By: The Daily Recs 03/07/2010 « by Erin Ptah http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40336 The Daily Recs 03/07/2010 « by Erin Ptah Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:32:02 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40336 [...] Jeeves & Wooster | Jeeves, Wooster | G | What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabo... [...] [...] Jeeves & Wooster | Jeeves, Wooster | G | What if Bertie Wooster, rather than being a mere layabo… [...]

]]> By: Two books. « There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40335 Two books. « There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:42:36 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40335 [...] I just started reading this and I had to share because it’s frickin’ hilarious: What if Bertie Wooster was Batman? I can totally see Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry engaged in that [...] [...] I just started reading this and I had to share because it’s frickin’ hilarious: What if Bertie Wooster was Batman? I can totally see Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry engaged in that [...]

]]> By: Toughestfrail http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40326 Toughestfrail Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:42:12 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40326 As brevity is wit : "delightful". As brevity is wit : “delightful”.

]]> By: joan http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40321 joan Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:04:17 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40321 This is utterly brilliant! :D This is utterly brilliant! :D

]]> By: Quick update - anecdotes http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2010/02/22/what-if-bertie-wooster-rather-than-being-a-mere-layabout-was-also-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-40303 Quick update - anecdotes Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:42:44 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/?p=3039#comment-40303 [...] finally just about over my two-week-plus cold and no longer sound like Batman when I [...] [...] finally just about over my two-week-plus cold and no longer sound like Batman when I [...]

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