http://easyknots.com/what-did-mark-twain-mean-by-the-quote-when-a-boy-turns-13-put-him-in-a-barrel-and-feed-him-through-a-knot/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://easyknots.com/what-did-mark-twain-mean-by-the-quote-when-a-boy-turns-13-put-him-in-a-barrel-and-feed-him-through-a-knot/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Steve D Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:08:58 +0000 http://easyknots.com/what-did-mark-twain-mean-by-the-quote-when-a-boy-turns-13-put-him-in-a-barrel-and-feed-him-through-a-knot.htm#comment-1518 He meant to make a joke. He was exaggerating. We find it funny because we recognize that teenage boys are full of all kinds of uncontrollable appetites and that by the time they're 16 they want to be completely independent. But that's not what it "means." It's humor by exaggeration, which was one of Twain's trademarks. He meant to make a joke. He was exaggerating. We find it amusing because we recognize that teenage boys are full of all kinds of uncontrollable appetites and that by the time they’re 16 they want to be completely independent. But that’s not what it “means.” It’s humor by exaggeration, which was one of Twain’s trademarks.

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