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The Inventions of the Idiot
·
John Kendrick Bangs
61
"Oh,
it
is
simple,"
said
the
Idiot.
"I
have
noticed
that
on
waffle
days
here
most
of
us
leave
the
table
more
or
less
dissatisfied.
We
find
ourselves
plunged
into
acrimonious
discussions,
which,
to
my
mind,
arise
entirely
from
the
waffles.
Mr.
Pedagog
is
a
most
amiable
gentleman,
and
yet
we
find
him
this
morning
full
of
acerbity.
On
the
surface
of
things
I
seem
to
be
the
cause
of
his
anger,
but
in
reality
it
is
not
I,
but
the
waffles.
He
has
seen
me
gradually
absorbing
them
and
it
has
irritated
him.
Every
waffle
that
I
eat
he
might
have
had
if
I
had
not
been
here.
If
there
had
been
no
one
here
but
Mr.
Pedagog,
he
would
have
had
all
the
waffles;
as
it
is,
his
supply
is
limited.
This
affects
his
geniality.
It
makes
him--"
"Pardon
me,"
said
Mr.
Pedagog.
"But
you
are
all
wrong.
I
haven't
thought
of
the
things
at
all."
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