Lo! the poor humorist, whose tortured mind2009 Update: An entertainer who laughs on the platform and dances beneath the scaffold, hanging on his own every word.
See jokes in crowds, though still to gloom inclined —
Whose simple appetite, untaught to stray,
His brains, renewed by night, consumes by day.
He thinks, admitted to an equal sty,
A graceful hog would bear his company.—Alexander Poke
Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Humorist
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick.
Humorist: A modern day court jester.
ReplyDeleteHumorist: More fun than a pessimist.
ReplyDeleteHumorist: Let the people joyful facing each day.
ReplyDeleteHealth information & Humor & Fun World
I see you wrote HIS and not HER, but this somehow still gives the impression you are talking about me. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteHorse thieves and cattle rustlers hanged for lesser crimes than those committed by graceful hogs.
ReplyDeleteThat was a good definition Doug. I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteThe humorist married a comic and their child turned out to be a satirist.
ReplyDeleteHumorist, joke salesman.
ReplyDeleteLacking only a court, Nessa.
ReplyDeleteTLP, that's true, I'm afraid.
Skywind, and let them all have health information.
Quilly, "Narcissist" sounds as similar as it is.
Karen, hogs cure better.
For your act, Coop?
I can guess which side was horselike, Tom.
Ariel, for you, half-off.
Your wit is true, Bierce.
ReplyDeleteYr. humble servant.
I'm afraid it's now decided at Poke v. Pope, Weirsdo.
ReplyDeleteWhat say you?
Weirsdo, Amrbose Pierce will need a quoting, won't he?
ReplyDeleteKaren, you didn't ask me, but I'll go for Poke, who has the advantage of being fictional.