{"id":9023,"date":"2023-12-28T03:08:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T03:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2023-12-29T09:16:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:16:21","slug":"jeeves-starts-a-rebellion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/?p=9023","title":{"rendered":"Jeeves starts a rebellion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have not been absolutely sure of almost anything in all these years, but I do recall that one of the many intellectually fearsome girls \u2013 they are all kind of disconcertingly similar, so after a while the words of ironic and mocking disapproval from their otherwise shapely lips merge into one another, just as their profiles tend to do in the strange dreams, that a simple minded chappie like me tends to fall into after spending too many hours enjoying himself at the lunch table \u2013 that I have had the occasional misfortune of being engaged to, told me about some terribly thoughtful German cove by the name of Adorno who apparently said something about how true thoughts are those alone that do not understand themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComplete balderdash, Jeeves!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, sir. I surmise you are referring to last evening\u2019s stern words by Mrs. Traverse. I agree, sir, that she was perhaps a little bit more draconian in her disapproval of your dinner jacket than was strictly speaking necessary. But, if I may say so sir, even though I usually don\u2019t find myself easily predisposed to her ladyship\u2019s sartorial observations, I do find myself wondering if there is indeed not some semblance of truth in her remarks, however unfortunately expressed those might have been.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, no, no. You got it all wrong Jeeves. I am now much beyond the grasp of Aunt Agatha\u2019s ever darkening view of her dear nephew. After all, we Woosters pride ourselves on being thick skinned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes sir!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDecidedly pachyderm, we are! Stoic and whatnot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is indeed much that can be learnt from the wisdom of Pyrrho and..\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJeeves!\u201d, I had to stop the man at the blossoming of his ideas lest he puts forward ideas even more bewildering than the words of the German bloke I had started my morning thinking about. True thoughts and what not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes sir!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was not thinking about Aunt Agatha\u2019s opinions. Not at all. And not about your Greek friends either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it would be unforgivably impertinent of me to think of the Hellenistic philosophers as my friends, sir. I look up to them as a sherpa does to the peaks of Mount Everest down below from the valley.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are a bloody good sherpa Jeeves! Indispensable. At least to Bertie Wooster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir is indeed too generous with his praise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut sometimes even you can be rather, what\u2019s the phrase, not really in tune with the weather of the moment. Like right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He put on a pained expression. Not dissimilar to the one that might have been discernible on old William\u2019s face if someone down in the pub were to tell him that he had ten spelling errors in his final draft of The Tempest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet me offer you, sir, my sincerest apologies for failing to catch the drift of sir\u2019s thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s alright Jeeves. Sometimes even I fail to catch the drift of my own thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndeed sir. Thoughts are most elusive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know something Jeeves. I was thinking about thoughts as well. Honoria told me at last night\u2019s dinner something about thoughts being the shadows of our feelings, darker and simpler. At that time I thought it was a rather funny remark, now I think that it\u2019s quite sad. Clever, nonetheless. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHardly original, sir, if I may say so. Miss Glossop, if you permit me to say so, had simply quoted Nietzsche.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNietzsche, eh? Honoria seems to have a thing for him. About various German blokes, to be honest. I was actually exercising my old head on something else she told, some other quotation by a chap called Adorno, I couldn\u2019t make a head or tail of it. I think it is completely rubbish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat, sir?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething like: true thoughts are those alone that do not understand themselves. Why do you think girls like Honoria and her likes quote such puzzling pearls of wisdom to yours truly, Jeeves? I find them disturbing, to say the least. Horrifying, even.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not an expert in the feminine psyche, sir. And even if I were, it is not quite my place sir to comment on the psychology of the girls in sir\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComment away, Jeeves!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel embarrassed to do so, sir. It is also possible that I am rather far off the mark in this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an order Jeeves. Remember, you are my sherpa and all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir is too kind. But as you insist, I feel maybe the various ladies who are drawn towards sir\u2019s inescapable charm see in him also a possible project. Someone to mold and shape into a perfect partner of their liking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I shuddered at the thought. \u201cI am not made of clay, Jeeves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvidently not, sir. If I may say so, sir is often in grave underestimation of the powers of his own intuition and personality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is just my natural humility, Jeeves!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA great virtue though humility may be, I believe sir that it should not have the upper hand over one\u2019s own autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday\u2019s continued Christmas festivities were rather taxing. Jeeves\u2019s magical morning potion may have brought me back to the shores of life, it could hardly implant into me newfound abilities to riddle such Delphic utterings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimplify for me, Jeeves. Are you suggesting that I ignore Aunt Agatha\u2019s typically unkind remarks and attend her New Year\u2019s party wearing the red dinner jacket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeeves shook his head ruefully. \u201cNot the red jacket sir. It is rather too ostentatious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sized him up to gauge the degree of his disapproval. Truth be told, I rather loved this golden buttoned red velvet jacket with magnificent threadwork of purple silk. I loved the moment I saw it in a shop window at Seville in the Autumn, and I strongly believe that our dour festivities can do a splash of such colorful whimsies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love the jacket Jeeves. And didn\u2019t you say something about autonomy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I may suggest so sir, I believe the jacket will be a perfect complement to your white silk suit when you attend the flamenco concert with Miss Glossop later in the Spring. But for a traditional New Year\u2019s dinner, sir, I feel the newly acquired dark blue cashmere will strike the right balance between verve and gravitas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDash it, Jeeves, so how do you suggest I assert my autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have an idea, sir. I think sir may want to do something immensely enjoyable for himself, something nourishing and beneficial to the body and spirit, yet something that would definitely meet with but the strongest reprobation from both the generations of Mrs. Traverse and Miss Glossop alike.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis I like the sound of Jeeves. Carry on please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir may be aware of the football matches taking place all around the country over the holiday period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know very well Jeeves that outside cricket and rowing my interest in sports is very limited at the best. I have never even been to a football match. I don\u2019t think any of my friends have either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is always a first for everything, if you forgive me the cliche sir. And why not invite your friends to come along with you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a capital idea! But where to, my dear man? Bartie Wooster and his friends can hardly jump off to any jolly old football match in any strange ground without caring for the quality or the prestige. Or the fun\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir is most astute. I will not dare to recommend to sir something quotidian and humdrum. I am well aware of sir\u2019s natural inclination towards excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAren\u2019t you laying it on too thick, my man?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot at all sir! I believe I have precisely the perfect occasion, to be held in the perfect venue, to have the pleasure of introducing sir, and his friends, to the joys of following the greatest football team in this fair island of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat sounds terrific Jeeves! But we will also need to find a way to let Aunt Agatha and Honoria know about our transgressions. Not in an obviously boasting way though.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObviously sir, rebellion is most effective when it is conducted with a certain degree of nonchalance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell said Jeeves! We will nonchalantly go and watch this football match played by the best team in the country, and then equally nonchalantly will talk about them in our dinner conversations at Auntie’s party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir, if he so desires, can even do better. Sir can put on the team colors of this club on the way to the match, mingle with the hoi polloi, and even take his photo with others wearing similar colors en route, and then casually display those photos on this drawing room. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre these team jerseys any good?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA resplendent red-and-white sir! Magnificent and incomparably beautiful.\u201d    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut where will I get those fabled shirts in such a short notice Jeeves?There is one for me, one for Gussie, one for Biffy, one for Rocky\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeave that to me, sir, please! For our fellow travelers we will do whatever is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho are these we you are talking about Jeeves?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMay I request sir to indulge his humble servant for one more day, after which he will explain to sir the inner workings of all the mysteries?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course Jeeves! I already feel rebellious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am much obliged sir.  I am certain tomorrow\u2019s experiences will bring forward an unbreakable, lifelong connection in sir\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWill that bring me newer satisfaction, Jeeves?\u201d        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will bring you something deeper, sir, a new purpose.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a curt nod, Jeeves walked purposefully towards the doors while I brought my attention back to the spread of breakfast that is now getting a bit cold, but still remained delicious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u2014—————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White \u2013 Saliba \u2013 Gabriel \u2013 Zinchenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d8degaard \u2013 Rice \u2013 Trossard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saka \u2013 Jesus \u2013 Martinelli    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Holidays and Season\u2019s Greetings everyone! Enjoy the last home game of the season. A hard-fought but assured 2-0 will do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come on Arsenal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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