"'After all, golf is only a game', said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realize what they're saying."
There is so much good writing packed in there, so much wit and top-flight craftsmanship -- he says more in 30 words than I do in 300, and to significantly better (and more enjoyable) effect. Reminds me of Flann O'Brien, another whose craft and humour were tightly linked together. When the GB&I writers are good, there are none better -- for the English speaking world, they're The Old Course: studied, praised, copied, but never duplicated. Must be something in the water, or the Scotch.