In 1879, Fun magazine revealed its recipe for XXX:
Wit and Wisdom, Genial Fun,
Humour and Satire keen,
Praise and bays for Honesty's son,
Scorn for the False and Mean,
Pitying "chaff" for Malcontents,
Laughter that folly wrecks—
These are the chief ingredients
Forming our "treble X."