During his Oxford days, Pinter was reckoned an ace oarsman and was a favourite of the boat-race team. One day he met up with his pal Orwell for a drink. As he rose to go to the bar, Orwell couldn’t help noticing that the seat of his trousers was sodden wet. Exercising the greatest possible tact, he pointed this out.
Pinter grimaced. “Ah, yes. We were out practicing, you see, and sprung a leak. A very small one, and so we kept on blithely rowing without noticing the water until it was almost at our ankles. Our fault, really, we’ve been putting the craft under too much strain lately.”
Orwell nodded agreement. “Actions have consequences, old boy. You seep as you row.”
Groan!
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