I love the wit of Mark Twain! If you like it you may also like the wit of Bill Nye and of course James Whitcomb Riley. A lot of their wit is hidden in the issues of their time but a lot trancends. That comment by Twain reminds me of this one by J.W.Riley about Doc Sifers--
"Doc's allus sociable, polite and 'greeable, you'll find- Pervidin' ef you strike him right and nothin' on his mind- Like in some hurry, when they've sent fer Sifers quick, you see, to 'tend some sawmill-accident, er pincnic jamboree; Er when the lightin's struck some harebrained harves-hand; er in Some 'tempt o' suicidin'- where they'd ort to try ag'in
I love the wit of Mark Twain! If you like it you may also like the wit of Bill Nye and of course James Whitcomb Riley. A lot of their wit is hidden in the issues of their time but a lot trancends.
ReplyDeleteThat comment by Twain reminds me of this one by J.W.Riley about Doc Sifers--
"Doc's allus sociable, polite and 'greeable, you'll find-
Pervidin' ef you strike him right and nothin' on his mind-
Like in some hurry, when they've sent fer Sifers quick,
you see,
to 'tend some sawmill-accident, er pincnic jamboree;
Er when the lightin's struck some harebrained harves-hand; er in
Some 'tempt o' suicidin'- where they'd ort to try ag'in
Dad