Yes, I read it as well and found it just blabber, trying to capitalize on UCPress "Autobiograpny of Mark Twain, Vol. 2. Or should I say what's new.
Gordon Snedecor in rainy Portland, OREGON
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:01:06 -0400
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> Subject: Re: New Yorker: AMAZING, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MARK TWAIN QUOTES
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> 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?
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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Heather Morgan <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> > I did NOT think was funny, but rather weird. The first quote is=20
> > certainly a Twain - the rest=C2=A0!!!!!!
> > =C2=A0
> > =C2=A0Heather.
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> > =C2=A0On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 03:32 PM, Arianne wrote:
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> > =C2=A0> The first quote is his, I believe.
> > >
> > > I'll be interested in hearing whether anyone thought this was funny.
> > > I didn't!
> > >
> > > Arianne Laidlaw
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> > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:09 PM, John H. Muller <
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> > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/09/amazing-previously-=
> > unpublished-mark-twain-quotes.html
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