What Makes Me Smile

An “ex” phones up to tell me that she’s broke: Republicans get beaten in a vote: unwary tourists, chowing down on goat: some moron doesn’t understand my joke: uncomprehending, tells me that I’m “woke”: destroying doubters with a Dumas quote. The Sinking of the Maine – that hapless boat was downed by Randolph Hearst’s own payroll folk, and not the Cubans. Furnishing the fact to someone who’s been clueless all this while is gratifying. Quarter-backs get sacked, but idiots are taken down with guile. Exposing crass stupidity with tact, and subtle humour. These things make me smile.