Tag: sense of humor

Mark Twain

Mark Twain had a greater influence on my childhood development than any other writer. Here are a few of his quotes:

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”

“Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul.”

“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”

Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain gave Americans their sense of humor. Whether you’ve ever read anything written by them or not, they form the underlying basis for our American humor. Deep inside all their wit lies the truth.

That was funny

I was driving my daughter home from baseball practice and the car in front of us began driving erratically. It slowed down. Then wandered from side to side. The driver was clearly distracted and we could see him looking down at the seat next to him and fiddling around with something.

My daughter said: “What’s he doing?”

I replied, “He spilled his Coke and is trying to put it out with a fire.

She thought about it for a minute then laughed long and hard. Funny what can strike your kid’s sense of humor. I take it as a sign of intelligence when word play can amuse.