Thare iz hardly ennything that a man iz so vain ov az the humor that iz
in him.
The _phunny man_ iz seldum an humorist, and never a wit.
Hiz only pride iz tew make you laff; he seldum rizes abuv a jest, and
very often iz the only one who kan see enny point even in that.
He iz generally the hero ov the ockashun in the rural distrikts, and
kuntry bumbkins laff obstreprous whenever he opens his mouth.
The phunny man iz the clown at large, and hiz jests are sumtimes
amuzing, but never remembered.
Thare iz seldum enny taint ov originality in him, and the quips and the
quirks he deals in are old saws reset and refiled, and bad enuff done at
that.
It iz a dredful unfortunit thing tew deal in cast oph jokes; for, like
the old clothes bizzness, they will stick tew a man all thru life.