tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post8647746843241029824..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Chesterton Society MeetingMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-63547339359233361302013-02-14T14:28:34.493-08:002013-02-14T14:28:34.493-08:00Alarms and Discursions-- one of the few Chesterton...Alarms and Discursions-- one of the few Chesterton books I haven't read. At least, I don't think I've read it. I must have come across it quoted somewhere.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-28177795715735722812013-02-14T14:20:47.922-08:002013-02-14T14:20:47.922-08:00Tremendous. Where is the quotation from?Tremendous. Where is the quotation from?mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984879719516554591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-31152555737407877732013-02-14T13:45:06.085-08:002013-02-14T13:45:06.085-08:00Chesterton not only laughed at his own jokes, but ...Chesterton not only laughed at his own jokes, but he defended the practice of laughing at his own jokes. He thought it was humbler to laugh at your own jokes than to refrain, and I totally agree.<br /><br />"Nothing has been worse than the modern notion that a clever man can make a joke without taking part in it; without sharing in the general absurdity that such a situation creates. It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool."<br /><br />I always laugh at my own jokes. Although people complain that I start laughing before I reach the punchline.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-35685140084950404672013-02-14T13:34:38.065-08:002013-02-14T13:34:38.065-08:00Went to the Society site and then to the Youtube s...Went to the Society site and then to the Youtube sound recordings. A great find. The fact that he was someone who chuckled at his own jokes as he made them sounded ominous but in fact it was very endearing and part of the entertainmentmickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984879719516554591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-38922673092586202382013-02-14T13:33:59.524-08:002013-02-14T13:33:59.524-08:00Went to the Society site and then to the Youtube s...Went to the Society site and then to the Youtube sound recordings. A great find. The fact that he was someone who chuckled at his own jokes as he made them sounded ominous but in fact it was very endearing and part of the entertainmentmickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984879719516554591noreply@blogger.com