January 13, 2015

Word

You may remember that on one occasion when a suspicious plainclothes man, observing that, whereas only two Marxes were seated at a certain breakfast table, there were nevertheless covers laid for twice as many, said sharply: "This table is set for four." Groucho, in no wise confused, replied, "That's nothing, the alarm clock is set for eight." If nothing else set off the Marx Brothers from Karl Marx that would.  -- James Thurber

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