"Do you understand the requirements of that responsible position?"
"Perfectly, sir. Whenever you make any mistakes in the paper, just blame 'em on me, and I'll never say a word."
A prominent Montana newspaper man was making the round of the insane asylum of that state in an official capacity as an inspector. One of the inmates mistook him for a recent arrival.
"What made you go crazy?"
"I was trying to make money out of the newspaper business," replied the editor, to humor the demented one.
"Rats, you're not crazy; you're just a plain darn fool," was the lunatic's comment.
"Did you write this report on my lecture, 'The Curse of Whiskey'?"
"Yes, madam."