AtD: Without Benefit of Tetris

[Monte Davis]

Charlie Pierce's 'Politics' blog at Esquire.com includes a daily excerpt
from Finley Peter Dunne's turn-of-the-20th-century dialect sketches about
Mr. Dooley, an Irish immigrant observing politics and world affairs l from
his pub in Chicago. Today's:


"What's goin' on this week in th' papers?" asked Mr. Hennessy.

"Ivrything," said Mr. Dooley. "It's been a turbylint week. I can hardly
sleep iv nights thinkin' iv th' doin's iv people. Th' campinily at Venice
has fallen down. 'Twas built in 1604 be th' Beezantiums an' raystored in
1402 be th' Dogs. It fell down because th' foundations was weak, because
th' wind blew, because th' beautiful figure iv th' goolden angel on top iv
it was fifteen feet high. It will be rebuilt or maybe not. Th' king iv
Italy has given thirty-three billion liars to put it up again, an' siv'ral
ladin' American archytects have offered to do th' job, makin' an office
buildin' iv it."
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