Jon Hagadorn
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Podcast Appearances
"'That was thoughtful of you, Pongo,' said Ronnie.
"'Now tell me,' he turned to Bill.
If a whacking great bill started ringing within a few inches of your ear at half-past six in the morning, what would you say about it?'
"'Oh, Lord!'
said Bill.
"'I should say—' He came to a stop.
"'Of course you would,' said Ronnie.
"'So should I. So would anyone.
What they call the natural man would emerge.
Well, it didn't.
So I say that Pongo was right, as usual.'
and that Jerry has got an obscure disease of the eardrums.
It's now twenty past twelve, said one of the other girls, sadly.
I say, said Jimmy, slowly, that's a bit beyond anything, isn't it?
I mean, a joke's a joke, but this is carrying it a bit far.
It's a shade hard in the coots.
Bill stared at him.
What are you getting at?'
"'Well,' said Jimmy, "'somehow or other, it's not like old Jerry.'
He found it hard to put into words just what he meant to say.