ONE OF the pleasures of editing this column is that people keep forwarding
humorous items to us that friends have sent them by e-mail. True, we often
receive the same item several times over, and some we have been receiving on and
off for years. But even then, it can be nice to be reminded of the old
chestnuts.
One such is a list of “deep thoughts”, which we were sent for what felt like
the fiftieth time by a friend last week. For those of you who haven’t already
seen it, it’s a list of profound observations like “The…
