MetaFilter posts tagged with book and humor

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klangklangston — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:51:10 -0800

The Life and Times of Major Jack Downing of Downingville, away down east in the state of Maine, written by himself. Seba Smith is oft-cited as America's first professional humorist, with his Jack Downing stories being published in 1833, two years before the first anthology of Southern humor appeared. Downing became an archetype almost immediately, representing the humor of rural Yankee life in letters. While Downing made Smith famous, Smith was plagiarized widely by Charles Augustus Davis—whose Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia were more widely known than the original. He was also plagiarized less directly by the Canadian author Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton, whose "Sam Slick" became the default term for Northeasterners in the popular press.

Ernie Pook's Reflections On Being

hortense — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:27:14 -0800

Lynda Barry update Magazine Book Gorgon New Website myspace before via

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

Gator — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:06:29 -0800

"To dream of eating pancakes, denotes that you will have excellent success in all enterprises undertaken at this time." "To dream of lard, signifies a rise in fortune will soon gratify you." "Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried." "To dream of seeing your thigh smooth and white, denotes unusual good luck and pleasure." "To dream of noodles, denotes an abnormal appetite and desires. There is little good in this dream." "To dream of seeing a marmot, denotes that sly enemies are approaching you in the shape of fair women." -- What's in a Dream? A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams by Gustavus Hindman Miller, published in 1901.

I just love how the baby peers out.

thebabelfish — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:47:13 -0800

How Babies are Made in Germany. A book for children. (Possibly NSFW.)

NYT: Oops

Vidiot — Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:50:27 -0800

No giant sea sparrow is known to be endangered by the eating habits of goats. ...so quoth the NYT. Funniest correction I've seen in a while; even better than the ones in the Guardian.

mathowie — Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:41:30 -0800

If you've ever read Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics, you must read this mock review of it here, called Understanding Understanding Comics. I heard that Scott's such a great sport, he even helped out with some of the writing.