Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Sun, 03 Oct 1999 02:48:23 -0400
"Keeping One's Composure"
Tidbit I
Al Capp, creator of the famous comic strip
Lil Abner, was one day invited to a university
to give a lecture to the students. Before he
could begin speaking to the large group
assembled in the auditorium a very unkempt-
looking student at the back shouted a vulgar
word at him.
The word rung in everyone's ears. There
was a shocked silence but Capp, keeping
his composure, said: "Now that you've
given us your name, what's your question?"
Tidbit II
A professor was one day walking along a
very narrow street when he came face to
face with a rival.The street was too narrow
for two to pass. The rival, pulling himself
up to his full height, said haughtily: "I never
make way for fools!" Smiling, the
professor stepped aside and said: "I always
do."
Tidbit III
A politician, who was very small-sized, was
often derided by an opponent, a tall, well-built
man. One day the opponent walked up to him,
looked down sneeringly and said loudly: "You
know, I could just swallow you up!" "In that
event," said the little fellow, looking up," you
would have more brains in your stomach
than you'll ever have in your head!"
Tidbit IV
At a dinner party, one of the guests, an
obnoxiously loud young man, tried to make
clever remarks about everyone and
everything. He was served a piece of
meat, he picked it up with his fork, held it
up and smirked: "Is this pig?"
Another guest, sitting opposite, asked
quietly: "Which end of the fork are you
referring to?"
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