The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89220   Message #1681811
Posted By: catspaw49
28-Feb-06 - 09:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Are rhetorical questions ruining the BS
Subject: RE: BS: Are rhetorical questions ruining the BS
Wild Bill writes: "There is an art, not only to SEEING the pun/remark/rhythme, but to judging when to use it....you don't have to throw out for public consumption,everything you think of."

One of my favorite stories......about one of my favorite writers and humorists, the wonderful George S. Kaufman. At a dinner party he was seated next to a woman who monopolized the conversation all through the meal. By the time the coffee was served, Kaufman could no longer restrain himself. "Madam," he asked, "don't you have any unexpressed thoughts?"

Spaw