The wooden Goad of Aristophanes
Artefact
/ðə ˈwʊd.ən ˈɡəʊd əv ˌær.ɪˈstɒf.ə.niːz/
Beer-pump handle of elevated classical nomenclature. Pull toward breast; brown jet ensues.
Appears in
- Helix Folt, the Conservative chapters:
From the books (1 passage)
The lout behind the bar jerked towards his breast the wooden Goad of Aristophanes, whereupon the plumber’s piping underneath urinated a brown jet into the glass held at an angle by the lout identical. Mr Helix Folt for a short space admired this operation - pouring a measure like a dancer, if a little giddy. Then, evidently finding it much to his satisfaction, he turned about and surveyed the rest…