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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?


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Heather Morgan <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> 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.
>
> =C2=A0On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 03:32 PM, Arianne wrote:
> =C2=A0
> =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
> > Sacramento
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:09 PM, John H. Muller <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>=20
> >>
> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/09/amazing-previously-=
> unpublished-mark-twain-quotes.html
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Muller
> >> 202.236.3413 l [log in to unmask]
> >> Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Huffington Post=20
> >> DC
> >> *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of
> >> Anacostia<
> >>=20
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/160=
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> 9495772/ref=3Dwl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=3DUTF8&colid=3DH42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=3DI=
> 34OMAR1SV8L9G
> >>>
> >> * [The History Press, 2012] - Winner of 2013 DC
> >> READS
> >> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Douglassi
> >> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnMul
> >> Forthcoming: "Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a=20
> >> Capital
> >> Correspondent" [The History Press, October 29, 2013]
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --=20
> > Arianne Laidlaw A '58
> >
>

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