Hmmm. Some of them are amateurs as well - except they still get the pay.

They may be no better than amateurs, but they aren't amateurs.

You don't appear to understand what amateur means.

Why do you say that Paeter? I underwood what he meant. Does that mean that I don't understand what amateur means?

Oh dear Truffles, my little diddly-plomp, what would Mr Swan say?

I really don't know who Mr Swan is. Perhaps you'd care to enlighten, or are you going to continue with oblique half-comments?

You don't think he's referencing Proust do you?

I had to bloody look that up. And, if you're right, he should be ashamed of himself for Swan/Swann

Who, Proust or PB?

PB. Proust has nothing to worry about...mainly because death bequeaths that right.

Then there's "my little diddly-plomp".

Again, Proust at his finest.

See, this is why I can't read Proust.

Still, I'm relieved to learn Mister PB was merely a plagiarist, and not the author of the odious phrase.

I tried reading Swann's Way and got half way through, about to that point where there's a single sentence that covers something like one and half pages. I have trouble remembering what I was just talking about 2 minutes ago, dealing with a sentence like that and keeping track of the gist was nigh on impossible.

Most of 'em don't become it so much as begin it.

Well begun is half-done.

You really don't know? Oh lord don't give me that! The answer hides within.

You're supposed to be bright; does it feel hard in getting what I'm saying?

Maybe you need go under hypnosis, or perhaps we'll, um, have to... ask Chrisss?

I doubt it; I don't think he'd heard of the bugger before your post.