During a downpour earlier I took shelter inside Starbucks and read The Times until the rain passed. I rarely do either of those things but today I am glad I did as I stumbled across arguably the greatest paragraph I have ever read. Enjoy:
"Lord Desborough was the epitome of the 19th century gentleman amateur. President of athletics and rowing at Oxford, he stroked an eight across the channel and fenced in the Olympics. He romped up the Matterhorn three times and swam twice across Niagra Falls. He styled himself the Punting Champion of All England. As a war correspondent in the Sudan in 1888 he once confronted the advancing enemy alone, armed only with an umbrella."
They don't make them like that any more.
Friday, April 11, 2008
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