Which is funnier: “whiskers” or “mutton chops”?Clue: This is according to literary humorists Jonathan Caws-Elwitt and Laurence Sterne.
Answer: mutton chops. Mr. Caws Elwitt explains: “In a room full of ordinary words, I feel that ‘whiskers’ would most likely be the life of the party. But the triumph of ‘mutton chops’ is, I think, overdetermined, given the inherent silliness of both of the two individual words; the synergistic effect of their combination; and the conceptual silliness of describing facial hair with reference to a food.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
