January 25, 2025 - Jeeves: It's said to originate, sir, with the entertainment got up on the cotton plantations of the New World by the slaves employed on those facilities, in order to express joy and happiness at their lot. An unlikely contingency, one surmises, bearing in mind their situation. Bertie is pretending to be Gussie Fink-Nottle, and is trying to tell a joke to Dame Daphne Winkworth and her four maiden sisters.

July 24, 2023 - Bertie Wooster: Am I wrong in thinking that all little girls are hard-bitten thugs of the worst description? Jeeves: Your definition is sadly near the truth, sir.

November 19, 2023 - When I re-opened them [...] I beheld ... instinct told me was small, serviceable, and made of India-rubber. "I coshed the officer, sir," said Jeeves respectfully....

October 22, 2025 - Jeeves: No, sir, but he would consequently sustain a severe shock were you to inform him that you and Miss Byng were betrothed and anxious to be united in matrimonial bliss. Stiffy: He'd hit the ceiling! Jeeves: Exactly, miss. A very colourful piece of imagery. If you were then to assure your uncle that there was no truth in Mr. Wooster's statement, adding that you were in actual fact betrothed to Mr.

Mr. Wooster I'd like you to meet my husband, Mr. Worple. Bertie: Husband? Huh! What rot! [repeated word, at the end of virtually every line spoken by Jeeves throughout the series] Jeeves: ...Sir.

He hints that the matter is urgent, and sends his regards." "Yes, that is how I read it. But why football boots?" "Perhaps Mr. Glossop wishes to play football, sir.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves! tags: bertie-wooster, football, humor, jeeves, jeeves-and-wooster, message, telegram

June 17, 2021 - Here’s how P.G. Wodehouse frames this exact joke: “There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea-boots.” · See what he did there?

So they never get blocked up again. ... what a joke? (Car horn) Are you all right, sir? You wanna take more care, dancing about in the middle of the street. - l thought you were a goner. - l blasted well nearly was. Oh, it's you, Wooster. Hello, Reggie. - Do we know him, Jeeves...

"'Has he brought it yet,' sir?" "Just that." "I should reach the conclusion that the lady was expecting a male acquaintance to have arrived or to be arriving shortly bearing some unidentified object.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, Aunts Aren't Gentlemen · tags: humor, jeeves, jeeves-and-wooster, library, questions

It's one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor - and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves ... “How does he look, Jeeves?" "Sir?" "What does Mr Bassington-Bassington look like?"

February 8, 2026 - Jeeves: I have forgotten, sir. But it was opprobrious. Accidental Proposal: The Jeeves books are made of Accidental Engagements. Add to that the fact that it takes Bertie a long time to finally realize he's happier as a bachelor. Aesop Amnesia: Wooster has yet to learn Jeeves is ALWAYS right concerning his wardrobe, despite nearly every story ending with his recognizing Jeeves was right.

December 6, 2025 - He is perhaps best known as the author of the ‘Jeeves’ stories which later became a British TV comedy series starring Stephen Fry as Jeeves, the Valet and Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, the employer. Jeeves extricates Wooster from every societal misadventure that the rich young man blunders into. Bertie: “There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, ‘Do trousers matter?'” Jeeves: “The mood will pass, sir.” ― The Code of the Woosters –

June 26, 2009 - Must be some sort of practical joke, I suppose.” · Sir Roderick: “I confess I failed to detect anything to accomodate in the outrage. The action without question was that of a mincely unbalanced subject. Mr. Wooster! What is the meaning of this?” ... Bertie: “Look, I have not got a cat, I tell you. All right, I’ll get Jeeves ...

June 13, 2010 - Wooster: A bally swindler! Jeeves: That would perhaps be a more precise description, sir.

“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir.” The Code of the Woosters

Mr. Wooster I'd like you to meet my husband, Mr. Worple. Bertie: Husband? Huh! What rot! Bertie: Well, I shall see you at Phillipi. [repeated word, at the end of virtually every line spoken by Jeeves throughout the series] Jeeves: ...Sir.

June 4, 2024 - "Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit" has a plot "as full of curves as a scenic railway". It includes some of Wodehouse's funniest scenes ever.

When we Woosters put our hands to the plough, we do not readily sheathe the sword. Besides, after that business of the mess-jacket, anything resembling weakness would have been fatal. "I suppose you realize, Jeeves," I said, for though one dislikes to rub it in, these things have to be pointed out, "that all this was your fault?" ... "It's no good saying 'Sir?'

The complete text of Jeeves Takes Charge is available here: ... Top 8 apartment amenities residents really want today. Users seek apartment buildings with the best amenities. Learn which ones are worth the investment.

October 13, 2018 - US texts as well as Strand have “the Wooster heart and hand” here, so this seems a Jenkins typo. ... US texts omit this sentence and Jeeves’s reply. A “Very good, sir” on the previous page is also omitted.