I thought it was funny as a 6th grade fart joke. Puerile is the word! And hitting "very wide of the 'mark'" is right on the Mark!! Almost made it all worth it. 

Ben 

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From: "Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 5:46:48 PM 
Subject: Re: New Yorker: AMAZING, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MARK TWAIN QUOTES 

I found the premise funny in a sort of meta way, but the execution was pueri= 
le. I think people are used to hearing all sorts of "quotations" from Mark T= 
wain, with some awareness that he didn't actually say everything attributed t= 
o him. I think this piece is probably meant to play on that sort of expecta= 
tion and awareness. 

But I would agree with anyone who says the piece hits very wide of the "mark= 
". 

Carl 

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> So glad to hear I'm not the only one who did not find it funny. I don't 
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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Heather Morgan <[log in to unmask]>wrot= 
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