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.
Hannibal and Me: life lessons from history 
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!