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2Literary Humor: Book Sniffers
[on a scale from wit to whimsy: Ticklish]
Book love opportunity—complete with actual lamp and actual cord that plugs into actual wall.
Literary Humor. HT Crown Publishing. Source Kudelka.
5Literary Humor: Waiting for Godot
[on a scale from wit to whimsy: Funny]
My daughter, who has the utmost patience even for things like the appendices of Tolkien’s books, says Waiting for Godot was the most boring thing she’s tried to read (besides poor, dear Hemingway, who she says endlessly repeats himself—in which case, we are waiting for Hemingway… to get to the point).
“It might have been better as a play,” she told me about Godot.
Or it might have been better as a comic, as it turns out. I think I’ll share this post with her and set the universe back in literary balance.
Via Samuel Beckett Facebook Page
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3Colbert: Great Gatsby Book Club!
[on a scale from wit to whimsy: Satire]
What happens in the Colbert Great Gatsby book club? Plenty of Colbert, of course. Reading was apparently optional. The white suit was apparently “required wearing.”
2Literary Humor: Pineapples Seek Higher Education
[on a scale from wit to whimsy: Tongue in Cheek]
It seems that it’s no longer enough to be an exotic tropical fruit. Higher education is now in order. The pineapples appear to be on the cutting edge, as the first fruits to seek MFA degrees.
3Gateway to Poetry Leads to Dangerous Life of Literature
[on a scale from wit to whimsy: Funny]
1 in 5 teenagers will experiment with poetry. Well, we certainly hope so.
And when they are fully ours (bwa ha ha!), we will finish the deal with Tolkien.
HT for poster to Kathryn Neel. Source: Family Friend Poems
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5Editor Encounters Geographically Misplaced Oxford Comma
[on a scale from wit to whimsy: Punny]
Passion runs high in debates over comma geography. Wikipedia underplays this debate, saying, “Opinions among writers and editors differ on whether to use the serial comma.”
The bearded editor in this video obviously encountered a geographically-misplaced Oxford comma. We sincerely hope he didn’t split any infinitives on the way down.
HT for video: Heather Eure
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