Seize the Day

<p>This book contains 250 funny and entertaining anecdotes including these: 1) G.K. Chesterton was able to lose himself in a subject. A very overweight man Mr. Chesterton was once sitting in a chair discussing a subject when the chair collapsed on him. He moved to another chair and continued the discussion at the exact word he had left off. The people present were convinced that he had barely noticed the collapsing chair and his move to a sturdier seat. 2) Saul Bellow and his literary agent Harriet Wasserman once had dinner at the home of Allan Bloom (also represented by Ms. Wasserman) who kept jumping up to get something from the kitchen. Each time he went past a palm tree that Mr. Bellow thought was very ugly its fronds brushed his backside. Mr. Bellow watched this for a while then he told Mr. Bloom Allan now I know what that plant's good for. 3) Eddie Cantor once asked W.C. Fields why he never went swimming. Mr. Fields explained that while working in Atlantic City he had to pretend to drown twelve times a day in front of a restaurant so that a huge crowd would gather then seek refreshment. Mr. Fields told Mr. Cantor That's why I'm against water. I got enough in Atlantic City to last me a lifetime.</p>