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They would often whistle the "Marseillaise." A certain "swing" entered into the marching; there was less changing step, less shuffling. Even their weary faces brightened. Jokes became positively prolific, and the wit of the barrack-room, considered as wit, is far funnier than the humour of the Mess. Perhaps it is founded on a deeper knowledge of life.
Suppose the judge had been robbed of his watch, or had had his front teeth broken with the muzzle of a revolver like the University Professor at Cork, would not that have made the incident still funnier?
He is saying 'dry up the crick! he means 'creek' of course, but could anything be funnier than that wet bird sitting in the rain, and singing about dry weather? The creek is roaring down through the sheep pasture, like a yellow river! 'Dry up the crick! Ha! Ha! Ha!" and Jim Crow laughed so hard that he forgot all about being wet.
I heard them quarreling." "You're funnier than ever, Bibbs!" she cried. "You say he made love to her because you heard them quarreling!" "That's it. If you want to know what's 'between' people, you can by the way they quarrel." "You'll kill me, Bibbs! What were they quarreling about?" "Nothing. That's how I knew. People who quarrel over nothing! it's always certain "
Then he had a momentary return of his hysteria and said: "I say, old boy, I should like to see a chart of our fortnight's cruise in Wilkinson's yacht." MacIan had no smile in answer, but his eager lips opened as if parched for the truth. "You mean to say," he began "Yes, I mean to say," said Turnbull, "and I mean to say something funnier still.
Kinney laughed aloud. "Well, if she sees an angel when she looks at Georgie Minafer, she's a funnier woman than I thought she was!" "Perhaps she is," said Morgan. "But that's what she sees." "My Lord! It's easy to see you've only known him an hour or so. In that time have you looked at Georgie and seen an angel?" "No.
I knowed it.... I could hev killed him.... But I was after Lee Jorth an' his brothers...." Blue's voice failed there. "Wal!" ejaculated Blaisdell. "Shore was funny Jorth's face when I said King Fisher," whispered Blue. "Funnier when I bored him through.... But it was Queen " His whisper died away. "Blue!" called Blaisdell, sharply.
Following in the wake of the Tank, they had cleaned up quite a lot of ground, and all the time, with my camera on them, I had secured a series of fine pictures. I don't think I ever laughed so heartily at anything as I did on the first day that I saw the Tanks in action, and officers and men all agree that they never saw a funnier sight in all their lives.
"Yes. Has she not to you?" "Not yet. She won't let me speak about it. She's funnier than ever. She treats me as if I were some obscene monster just crawled up out of the primeval slime." "Poor Wallie!" "Well, but it's pretty serious. Do you think she's going to keep it up for all eternity?" "No, I don't, dear. I don't think she'll keep it up at all." "I'm not so sure. I'm tired out with it.
Hinpoha complied, and the effect of her voice coming apparently from beneath Tiny's ribs, while Tiny's mouth up above remained closed, was a great deal funnier than the first way. "Never mind," said Migwan firmly, while the rest wept with laughter on each other's shoulders, "it sounds more like Tiny than the other way.
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