The author has spent his life making people laugh. First, in the public schools in Iowa to cover up his ignorance of the class reports he gave. Then later in the navy when he had nothing left but laughter after losing his breakfast whenever there were six inch waves. Next, he used laughter to keep himself and fellow factory workers from going mad on long twelve hour shifts, then as a teacher, an author, a university professor, and finally getting paid for it as a professional comic. Hinmon is gaining wisdom now that he’s getting old. He said that he went to an x-rated movie recently and fell asleep.