During the Civil War, Abe Lincoln was criticized for making jokes “too soon.”
Newspapers on both sides printed grisly amputation puns with titles like “An ‘Off-Hand’ Joke.”
RELATED: Language warning (PLUS Lincoln joke!)
BTW — remember those Japanese tsunami tweets that got Gilbert Gottfried fired from Aflec?
Well, move over Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.
I got yer new showbiz time traveler right here.
