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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
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April
20.
Miss
----
heard
me
sigh
to-day
and
asked
what
it
might
mean.
"Only
the
sparks
flying
upward,"
I
answered
lugubriously.
A
blackguard
is
often
unconscious
of
a
good
deal
of
his
wickedness.
Charge
him
with
wickedness
and
he
will
deny
it
quite
honestly--honest
then,
perhaps,
for
the
first
time
in
his
life.
An
Entomologist
is
a
large
hairy
man
with
eyebrows
like
antennæ.
Chronic
constipation
has
gained
for
me
an
unrivalled
knowledge
of
all
laxatives,
aperients,
purgatives
and
cathartic
compounds.
At
present
I
arrange
two
gunpowder
plots
a
week.
It's
abominable.
Best
literature
for
the
latrine:
picture
puzzles.
April
23.
A
Foolish
Bird
With
a
menacing
politeness,
B----
to-day
inquired
of
a
fat
curate
who
was
occupying
more
than
his
fair
share
of
a
seat
on
top
of
a
'bus,--
"Are
you
going
to
get
up
or
stay
where
ye
are,
sir?"
The
foolish
bird
was
sitting
nearly
on
top
of
B----,
mistaking
a
bomb
for
an
egg.
"I
beg
your
pardon,"
replied
the
fat
curate.
B----
repeated
his
inquiry
with
more
emphasis
in
the
hideous
Scotch
brogue.
"I
suppose
I
shall
stay
here
till
I
get
down
presently."
"I
don't
think
you
will,"
said
B----.
"What
do
you
mean?"
asked
the
fat
one
in
falsetto
indignation.
"This,"
B----
grunted,
and
shunted
sideways
so
that
the
poor
fellow
almost
slid
on
to
the
floor.
A
posse
of
police
walking
along
in
single
file
always
makes
me
laugh.
A
single
constable
is
a
Policeman,
but
several
in
single
file
are
"Coppers."
I
imagine
every
one
laughs
at
them
and
I
have
a
shrewd
suspicion
it
is
one
of
W.S.
Gilbert's
legacies--the
Pirates
of
Penzance
having
become
part
of
the
national
Consciousness.
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