Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine.
“I was in Deadwood at the time and on hearing of the killing made my way at once to the scene of the shooting and found that my friend had been killed by McCall.”
“At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.”