Quote(s) of the Wink

Sayings of the Reverend Edgar Ambrose Willis,
First Secretary of the English Tiddlywinks Association, 1958.
(From Fleas, November 1978, by Fred Shapiro)

• "Life takes on a new prospect when one holds a squidger in one's hand."
• "The progress of Civilization will depend in no small measure upon the spread of this most noble sport."
• "We look to tiddlywinks to get us back to the primeval simplicity of life." (London Observer Saying of the Year)
• The Cambridge Tiddlywinks University Tiddlywinks Club, "alone of all Societies in the British Isles, stands between Civilisation and the threat of Atomic Destruction."
• "Tiddlywinks develops delicacy of touch; corrects color blindness; is a soothing influence on the nerves; and is conducive to restful sleep."
• "1958 [when the English Tiddlywinks Association was founded]--destined in future generations to be a date which will share with 1066 as one everybody remembers!"
• "Tiddlywinks is an exacting pastime. It taxes every fiber of the brain and exercises every muscle of the body."