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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
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Hi
Please tell me what the underlined portion means.
Context: The beginning lines of the short story The Man Who Did not Believe In Luck by Jerome K Jerome.
He got in at Ipswich with seven different weekly papers under his arm. I noticed that each one insured its reader against death or injury by railway accident. He arranged his luggage upon the rack above him, took off his hat and laid it on the seat beside him, mopped his bald head with a red silk handkerchief, and then set to work steadily to write his name and address upon each of the seven papers. I sat opposite to him and read Punch. I always take the old humour when travelling; I find it soothing to the nerves.
My question: Did the narrator really mean it or it was said just an utterance to incite humour?
Please tell me what the underlined portion means.
Context: The beginning lines of the short story The Man Who Did not Believe In Luck by Jerome K Jerome.
He got in at Ipswich with seven different weekly papers under his arm. I noticed that each one insured its reader against death or injury by railway accident. He arranged his luggage upon the rack above him, took off his hat and laid it on the seat beside him, mopped his bald head with a red silk handkerchief, and then set to work steadily to write his name and address upon each of the seven papers. I sat opposite to him and read Punch. I always take the old humour when travelling; I find it soothing to the nerves.
My question: Did the narrator really mean it or it was said just an utterance to incite humour?
Top answer
I can only conclude that these papers were applications for insurance policies.
- I can only conclude that these papers were applications for insurance policies.
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I can only conclude that these papers were applications for insurance policies.
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I seem to recall reading once that some newspapers, years ago, offered free insurance in an attempt to promote sales. This was along the lines of "FREE LIFE INSURANCE! If you are trampled to death by a white elephant and are carrying a copy of that days Daily Gossip, the Daily Gossip will pay your heirs the princely sum of £500! Make sure you buy your Daily Gossip every
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fivejedjonI seem to recall reading once that some newspapers, years ago, offered free insurance in an attempt to promote sales. This was along the lines of "FREE LIFE INSURANCE! If you are trampled to death by a white elephant and are carrying a copy of that days Daily Gossip, the Daily Gossip will pay your heirs the princely sum of £500! Make sure you buy your Daily Goss
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Thank you, fivejedon.
At first I did think of something similar to this.
At first I did think of something similar to this.
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GPYI think it must be something along these lines. The phrases "weekly papers" and "its reader" don't seem to fit the interpretation that they were ordinary insurance policies.I too feel the same. Thank you,GPY.
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