'It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it', said the film star Mae West, and perhaps this is the essence of humour. The writer Quentin Crisp is said to have once closed an interview with the words 'I am so sorry. We have to stop there.
What Made The Crocodile Cry?
"Is it true that the words housewife and hussy are connected? Can I tell my wife that?" "Serendipity often tops the polls of the nation's favourite words. But where does it come from?" "Why do we call false sentiment crocodile tears? Can crocodiles really cry?"