Comedy Is Hostile To Profundity,

Scholarship Can Find Little To Say About The Obvious.

As A Youth, I Sought Out Decadence; As An Elder, I Try To Avoid Decay.

Promiscuity Turns Sex Into A Sport, Like Arm-wrestling.

Ironic And Jittery, We Are Puzzled By The Old Heroes With Their Fighting, Boasting, And Cocksure Lovemaking.

When You Feel Protective Toward Your Parents, You Have Become An Adult.