"Lord Love a Duck" is an old Cockney euphemism that waddled its way in to some highfalutin' literature*, fersure; and it's also the title of a nineteen-sixties black comedy starring an equally-luscious-looking couple of actors, Tuesday Weld and Roddy MacDowall.
Methinks just about anyone can relate to this clip from the movie. 'Cause after perusing the plethora of Pantone palettes at, say, Saks cashmere counter, wouldn't it be fun to disregard impecunity -- purloin a purse, even -- and purchase 'em all?
1. P.G. Woodhouse, The Coming of Bill: "'Well, Lord love a duck!' replied the butler, who in his moments of relaxation was addicted to homely expletives of the lower London type."
2. James Joyce, Ulysses: "Paddy Leonard eyes his alemates. Lord love a duck, he said. Look at what I'm standing drinks to!"
3. T.S. Eliot, The Rock: "Lor-love-a-duck, it's the missus!"
Methinks just about anyone can relate to this clip from the movie. 'Cause after perusing the plethora of Pantone palettes at, say, Saks cashmere counter, wouldn't it be fun to disregard impecunity -- purloin a purse, even -- and purchase 'em all?
1. P.G. Woodhouse, The Coming of Bill: "'Well, Lord love a duck!' replied the butler, who in his moments of relaxation was addicted to homely expletives of the lower London type."
2. James Joyce, Ulysses: "Paddy Leonard eyes his alemates. Lord love a duck, he said. Look at what I'm standing drinks to!"
3. T.S. Eliot, The Rock: "Lor-love-a-duck, it's the missus!"
