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 To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 5:46:48 PM Subject: Re: New Yorker: AMAZING, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MARK TWAIN QUOTES I found the premise funny in a sort of meta way, but the execution was pueri= le.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: >=20 >> I did NOT think was funny, but rather weird. The first quote is=3D20 >> certainly a Twain - the rest=3DC2=3DA0!!!!!! >> =3DC2=3DA0 >> =3DC2=3DA0Heather. >>=20 >> =3DC2=3DA0On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 03:32 PM, Arianne wrote: >> =3DC2=3DA0 >> =3DC2=3DA0> The first quote is his, I believe. >>>=20 >>> I'll be interested in hearing whether anyone thought this was funny. >>> I didn't! >>>=20 >>> Arianne Laidlaw >>> Sacramento >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:09 PM, John H. Muller < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> =3D20 >> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/09/amazing-previously-=3D= >> unpublished-mark-twain-quotes.html >>>>=20 >>>> -- >>>> John Muller >>>> 202.236.3413 l [log in to unmask] >>>> Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Huffington Post=3D= 20 >>>> DC >>>> *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of >>>> Anacostia< >>>> =3D20 >> http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/160=3D= >>=20 >> 9495772/ref=3D3Dwl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=3D3DUTF8&colid=3D3DH42HP4SBZ8OA&co= liid=3D3DI=3D >> 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=3D20 >>>> Capital >>>> Correspondent" [The History Press, October 29, 2013] >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> --=3D20 >>> Arianne Laidlaw A '58 >>=20