21. USELESS REGRET
[Persons who pretend to regret something without making a real effort to better it are hit off by this anecdote.]
A father called his son rather late in the morning, and finding him still abed, indignantly demanded: "Are you not ashamed to be caught asleep this time of day?"
"Yes, rather," returned the ingenious youth, "but I'd ruther be ashamed than git up."