Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
Your attitude towards 'self-pollution' always surprises me, Burney, given where you went to school.

Even to this day I believe that English public schools are a veritable celebration of the act. I would have thought your experiences would have made you indifferent to it.
One of my favourite Burney stories is about him going home after having his cancerised testicle lopped off and the first thing he did was crack one off, just to check everything was still in working order.

He never did say who he used for 'motivation', though...