“I’m sorry, but this diamond-encrusted nut-scratcher is clearly made of 14-karat gold. I wouldn’t give this to my stableboy’s cheapest whore. Throw it away!”
1940: Studio portrait of American actor and comedian W C Fields (1880 – 1946), aka Mahatma Kane Jeeves, aka Otis Criblecoblis, with top hat and cane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Labyrinth Library 
