Bertie:
Have you ever seen a floral clock, Jeeves?
Jeeves:
I have not had that pleasure, sir.
Bertie:
No, well, don't. Have nothing whatever to do with floral clocks. If a friend says, "Just one more floral clock can't do you any harm," be firm.
Jeeves:
Did you have a pleasant afternoon, sir?
Bertie:
You have a cruel streak, Jeeves. I hadn't realized it before. What blighter was it that invented the bicycle?
Jeeves:
The first truly rideable machine was made by a Mr. Kirkpatrick MacMillan of Dumfriesshire in Scotland in 1839, I believe, sir.
Bertie:
Too late to do anything about it now, I suppose.
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