As graduation looms, my son Gideon has been named both salutatorian and Wittiest Boy of the Cornersville (TN) High School Class of 2021. (I myself did well academically âback in the dayâ -- which even then was about 15 years after the hoary phrase âback in the dayâ had applied for Medicare. I also absorbed comedy vibes from Steve Martin and Monty Python and made good use of the copy of â10,000 Jokes, Toasts and Storiesâ that belonged to my father -- another salutatorian. I just wanted you to know that Gideon comes by certain predispositions honestly. And that I go by my fatherâs axiom, âBlessed is he who tooteth his own horn, else it might not get tooted.â)