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

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

Carl

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> On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Gary Plotkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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!!!!!!
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>> =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.
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>>> I'll be interested in hearing whether anyone thought this was funny.
>>> I didn't!
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>>> Arianne Laidlaw
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