I thought it was hilarious -- silly, of course, but also delightful and
whimsical.

The target, I assume, is not Mark Twain, but rather the blizzard of Mark
Twain "quotations" that seems to be sweeping through the print and
electronic media these days. (I see about a half dozen new ones every day.)

Lighten up, people!

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Ben Wise <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl J. Chimi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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 Subject: Re: New Yorker: AMAZING, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MARK TWAIN QUOTES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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Gary Plotkin <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote=
> :
> >=20
> > So glad to hear I'm not the only one who did not find it funny. I don't
> > even understand it. Can someone explain what the joke is supposed to be?
> >=20
> >=20
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Heather Morgan <[log in to unmask]
> >wrot=
> e:
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> >> I did NOT think was funny, but rather weird. The first quote is=3D20
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