Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
A Proposed Coda to the Rite of Baptism
Priest, parents, and godparents say to the child after the
blessing:
“This is your life, kid – it might sting a little.”
The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
A Proposed Coda to the Rite of Baptism
Priest, parents, and godparents say to the child after the
blessing:
“This is your life, kid – it might sting a little.”
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