Morning Janet: Looking at the Gravity of Jest There once was a man from the west Who examined the gravity of jest But so false was his wit that it helped not a bit and his suspicions could not meet the test John Bjork A View from the Jesty Side of PD janet paterson wrote: > humour is the only test of gravity > and gravity of humour > for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious > and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit > > aristotle > > janet paterson - 52 now /41 dx /37 onset - [log in to unmask] > 613/256/8340 - po box 171/almonte/ontario/k0a 1a0/canada > > Scan some of My Past Posts at: > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm > Mine the PD List Archives at: > http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/ > Cull Nine Million Pub-Med Medical Studies at: > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ > Comb the 'People With Parkinson's' Web-Ring at: > http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=parkie;list