The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle.
Interpretation
This quote humorously illustrates the absurdity of a forgotten invitation interacting with mundane objects.
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses this quote to create a vivid and humorous image of an invitation that is neglected, spending its time in a coat pocket entangled in a comical interplay with a piece of candy. The anthropomorphism of the invitation having an 'intense physical affair' with the peanut brittle adds a layer of whimsy, suggesting that sometimes mundane objects can have unexpected interactions and adventures.
In practice
Using the quote in a speech about the importance of being present and attentive to invitations and opportunities.
Don't be so anxious about it,' she laughed. 'I'm not used to being loved. I wouldn't know what to do; I never got the trick of it.' She looked down at him, shy and fatigued. 'So here we are. I told you years ago that I had the makings of Cinderella.' He took her hand; she drew it back instinctively and then replaced it in his. 'Beg your pardon. Not even used to being touched. But I'm not afraid of you, if you stay quiet and don't move suddenly.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
It was about then [1920] that I wrote a line which certain people will not let me forget: "She was a faded but still lovely woman of twenty-seven."
The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.
But you can love more than just one person, can't you?
A sudden gust of rain blew over them and then another - as if small liquid clouds were bouncing along the land. Lightning entered the sea far off and the air blew full of crackling thunder. The table cloths blew around the pillars. They blew and blew and blew. The flags twisted around the red chairs like live things, the banners were ragged, the corners of the table tore off through the burbling billowing ends of the cloths.
I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person.
Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute, the vicar read out one of Fred's jokes, and the congregation had two minutes silence.
Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."
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