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or Powell's or me• • •
"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
November 29, 2006
More Grim Jokes
Hilzoy is funny.
In response to Dennis, I admit I too am just about at the end of my joke-making abilities. But I feel we should go down fighting.
Posted at November 29, 2006 11:46 AM | TrackBackComments
Delicious!
Posted by: William Carlos Williams at November 29, 2006 12:01 PMHere's a latter-day version of a grim joke from the Vietnam era:
What's funnier than a coffin filled with a dead American veteran of our invasion of Iraq?
A ward at Walter Reed Army Hospital full of live amputee veterans.
[Original version: A necklace of VC ears - a pile of dead VCs with their ears cut off]
Posted by: mistah charley at November 29, 2006 12:16 PMHilzoy must have a great mind, given that he and Kenneth Koch think alike:
http://plagiarist.com/poetry/7848/
Posted by: Sully at November 29, 2006 01:21 PM
