I’m crushed: Only 3 out of 5
As you know by now, I’m a humor snob. So I’m gutted to discover, after taking the New Yorker‘s test for advanced readers, that I only scored three out of five. Being a Yoga snob as well, the last one threw me off. But even with that allowance, I’d only be four out of five. And so my Friday morning begins with a crisis.
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That which constitutes a crisis for Mr. Kluth is noted. (Thrown and gutted, indeed). What would Hannibal say?
Wait, I see it. A marketing campaign for your book. WWHD? (What would hannibal Do?
Or for the appendix (reader’s group questions). You’ve just failed a test on humour offered by the New Yorker. As Hannibal, you: (a) blame the children; (b) ask for a re-count; (c) try a yogo pose at the end of the bed for the Missus; (d) burn New York to the ground and ‘take’ the Missus.
Great costume, by the way. Happy hallowe’en!
How do I edit my previous comment? That should be (line 4) capital H, little D, close parentheses.
Don’t feel bad. I, too, only got 3 out of 5 – getting 1 and 2 wrong; but 3, 4, and 5 right.
Whew. That helps me recover slightly, Christopher. But I will never totally live it down.
Mr Crotchety, I submit that Hannibal would have been the one in bed (sans newspaper), with Imilce, his Iberian wife, initiating the poses. The humor involves the elephants …
I got 3/5, but the only one I really understood was the Yoga one.
Hi Quantum. I see a cool Arabic-themed Google Calendar here. What are you planning to do with your site?
I got 4 out of five correct.
I completely see why you went with yoga on the fifth one. Especially when they offered it up as a possible answer.
The first one was so mild (a comedy of manners) that it blew right past me.
So far, Stephanie, with 4 out of 5, wins.
I didn’t “get” a single one but still managed 5/5. What would Hannibal say about that?
This is Mr Peabody, my former journalism student, I assume?
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe Hannibal would place you with his Gallic mercenaries in the middle of his line to see how you’d deal with the onrush of Romans.
I’ve always had many plans for a site, a blog, etc. I actually have a pretty decent ‘personal’ blog thats sparsely updated, but have taken it down for possible employment reasons.
What you see is my calendar, which I just use to tell people who don’t use google maps: “look here to see when I’m free”
What a neat time management tool!