Up to a point, Lord Copper. It's fair enough to think I'm a bit weird, but wyhy go out of your way to make sarcastic comments, or give me hassle about it?

"Lord Copper?" I feel like some kind of B-grade superhero of conductivity.

Anyway, yes, hassling people about it is just being a jerk. I'm just pointing out that reading a book in a pub is not just thinky, it's also solitary, which is counter to the general purpose of a public house.

I just said this the other day, so this is going to amuse several people, but no fair :) Whenever I say "Up to a point Lord Copper", someone always looks at me oddly, and then I try to explain, and then I add "...and it's really funny!" and they look at me.

The relevant excerpt, for anyone who might actually be curious, is:

Mr. Salter's side of the conversation was limited to expressions of assent. When Lord Copper was right he said, 'Definitely, Lord Copper'; when he was wrong, 'Up to a point'.

'Let me see, what's the name of the place I mean? Capital of Japan? Yokohama, isn't it?'

'Up to a point, Lord Copper.'

'And Hong Kong belongs to us, doesn't it?'

'Definitely, Lord Copper.'