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 Sent from my iPad > On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Gary Plotkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 unpublished-mark-twain-quotes.html 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= >> >> 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 >>