Okay, breaking for a moment. Before me is a 1928 Everyday Almanac and Home Helps from the City National Bank. (This is not a replica, this is the real deal. My mother was born this year, and I suspect Grandma Bea kept it because of that. Anyway.) We shall be quoting from it at random today.

The wisest men that ever you knew
Have never deemed it treason
To rest a bit -- and jest a bit,
And balance up their reason:
To laugh a bit -- and chaff a bit,
And joke a bit in season.