My Joke Collection (#23)

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
—Mark Twain, a.k.a. Samuel Clemens (PBS and Ken Burns)

Ain't that the truth for us all. Twain, the mustacheod ex-riverboat captain, has a fine way of dressing up the phrase, "Don't worry about it". This one's a keeper because it spits straight into mopey territory, hits that comma there, and rebounds into a delightful remark about the human experience. A master writer of his caliber doesn't have to use a funny word like spittoon to accomplish his noble task. Dang, I just used spittoon.

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Comments

Anonymous said…
Even he did call himself model number 2, or the speed of a Mark II travelling boat...
March 08, 2007
Stine said…
Hello! Once again, you enlighten my day...
March 09, 2007
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