[William A. Baurle]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

Kingsley Amis didn't drive. Nor would he get into an aeroplane. He was quite rich but every penny he had earned himself, so good on him. Not from his poetry though I earn more from that than he ever did. Quite right too. I'm better. As a poet.

Williamb I didn't drive until I was forty and I don't now that I am sixty-nine. It was nice when I did I must say. We have free buses for old persons. Jolly good. It takes a long time though. Cars are better.

Ah! I knew it was one of the Amises. When I typed Martin Amiss* I felt something was amiss, since I only read about a third of one of his novels. I remember a fart joke too? It was one of those rare, genuinely funny fart jokes.

If I had a missus I'd tell her about my Amis miss.

Apologies, there's a pun thread on another board.

*I missspelled it.