The quality of questions on this site as a whole has gone dramatically down hill. The number of pointless questions taking up space has tremendously increased. I find it very irritating. We have pointless questions about names, phones being lost and other ridiculously time consuming things. What has happened to the intellect on here? Can nobody post a question which involves a bit of thought?
Alternatively, if you want a real laugh, I have here a book that describes how, if you happen to be escaping from a POW camp, to cultivate the affection of a pet dog, kill it, degut it (all bar the liver) and eat it. Slugs are described as 'wholesome, particularly raw'
Whiffey. I do not know who you are, but you seem to have more intellect than the rest of these put together. Although slightly confused by your answer, you know how to string a sentence together and you have heard of grammar.
But to delve further into your rather specious assertion that Basil was an idiot, one must consider the many and varied pressures which impinged upon him as a young child. The socio-economic strata of society into which he was born determined in numerous ways, some negatively and some positively, the initial onset and development of unique individual character traits which later metamorphosed into.................ooops, be right back: mummy's got din-din ready!