Tre män

Är man lite nere är Tre män i en båt en ganska så bra medicin. Den hjälper dock inte mot skurgumsknä. Detta är både ett tips och en "note to self". Den är briljant i sin enkelhet, men jag har älskat den så länge att jag nästan börjat ta den för given. Och sådant är ganska så illa.

"I never saw two men do more with one-and-twopence worth of butter in my whole life than they did. After George had got it off his slipper, they tried to put it in the kettle. It wouldn't go in, and what was in it wouldn't come out. They did scrape it out at last, and put it down on a chair, and Harris sat on it, and it stuck to him, and they went looking for it all over the room.
-I'll take my oath I put it down on that chair, said George, staring at the empty seat.
-I saw you do it myself, not a minute ago, said Harris.
Then they started round the room again looking for it; and then they met again in the centre and stared at one another.
-Most extraordinary thing I ever heard of, said George.
-So mysterious! said Harris.
Then George got round at the back of Harris and saw it.
-Why, here it is all the time, he exclaimed, indignantly.
-Where? cried Harris, spinning around.
-Stand still, can't you! roared George, flying after him.
And they got it off, and packed it in the teapot."