CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
Here's what Old MacDonald's famous "E-I-E-I-O" looks like, and now you know what it is: the rhythmic cycle of activity and rest that comes with maintaining an independent farm or ranch. Our diagram appears in Eight Lectures on the Signs of Life From Their Electrical Aspect by Augustus Désiré Waller, 1903.
"The Prickly Pig, the Pug and Pard / Try to surprise the Nubian Bard. / He only smiles, with gesture Kind, — Wild flights do not disturb his mind." From St. Nicholas magazine, 1902.
While advertising always seeks to grab and hold people's attention, it's no longer legal for products to manhandle. Our ad appears in St. Nicholas magazine, 1907.
Clue: This is according to a New Yorker cartoonist.
Answer: Scranton is funnier because that's where bad ideas go when they die. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)