Odd's Fish!

Nate and I have just completed the Scarlet Pimpernel. We heartily give it four out of five stars. Well worth the read. It has intrigue, romance, heroism, derring-do, fashion (except I must say if we hear about the lace Sir Percy is wearing one more time, I might just exclaim, "Zooks! What was he thinking!?!?" Really, what hero do you know wears lace? Picture Indiana Jones wearing lace.), and humor.

It also contains the following quotable exclamations:

"Odd's fish!"
"Zooks!"
"Zounds!"
"Odd's life!"
"Lud!" or "Lud love us all!"
"Morbleu!"
"La!"
"Demmed climate this." or "Demmed uncomfortable things, duels, aren't they?" (This word is not to be confused with that other word you are thinking of. It has that word too but it not worth mentioning.)
"Begad!"

I give you my word of honor that the Scarlet Pimpernel contains every one of these phrases. If you hear us use them, it is not because we are weird. It is because we are highly cultured. Why, we are merely quoting England's gentry, so this of course proves my point.