“Jesus was a carpenter’s son. I’m the son of a woodshop teacher, although I suspect he’s not my real father.”
- from the essay “Come Down off the Cross, We Can Use The Wood”
Delman Mangrove
The Layman’s Guide To Perspicacity
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“There’s only one thing they’re not making any more of – land. And one thing that we’ll never run out of – death. Combine the two and you’ve got the whole thing covered.”
From his 1964 TV Today review of “Death Valley Days” as collected in “The Layman’s guide To Perspicacity” by Delman Mangrove
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As many of you may know, Mr. Barnum has been away from Bridgeport through most of this underwear-soaked, mosquito-infested summer.