tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post4300883048734716982..comments2024-03-09T00:58:19.040-08:00Comments on THE WORLD IS A STAGE: What's so Funny?JAY JOHNSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04209913484299156278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-64691899244336795692013-04-22T15:01:15.937-07:002013-04-22T15:01:15.937-07:00I do my darnedest to cleave to Porkypine's wor...I do my darnedest to cleave to Porkypine's words in the old "Pogo" strip: "Don't take life too serious, it ain't nohow permanent."<br /><br />Attention must be paid, of course, to the solemnity of the aftermath and the personal tragedies...but were it not for humorists, there is much that would be unbearable. <br /><br /> Mark Twain said (and this is from memory, but it's close), "Humor is the great thing, the saving thing, after all. The minute it crops up, all of our hardnesses yield, all of our irritations and resentments flit away, and are replaced with a sunny spirit." <br />So, keep at it, Jay. The world needs humor these days more than ever.<br /><br />And you're so good at it.P. Greciannoreply@blogger.com