The funny man kan't open hiz mouth without letting a joke fly out, like
ginger pop, when the kork iz pulled out.
Thare iz no genuine wit in the simply funny man, hiz only desire iz tew
make yu laff, and real wit don't stoop so low.
The funny man's jokes are at best only jests, sumtimes he reaches tew
the dignity ov a poor pun, and hiz vanity then absorbs all hiz humor.
It iz an awful thing tew be a funny man, it iz almost az dredful az the
counterfiting bizzness.
Thare iz no stattue aginst joking, but thare ought tew be, not that I
think a good joke iz criminal, but they are so scarce, they are
suspicious. I am the last man who wants tew see enny real wit leave this
world, for i think genuine wit, iz az good az religion.