Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin
Calvin Marshall Trillinis an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 December 1935
CountryUnited States of America
fun california america
There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.
people pages funny-people
We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
funny astrology errors
The margin of error in astrology is plus or minus one hundred percent.
funny mothers-day mom
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
compared fun mind tolstoy
I don't mind being compared to Tolstoy literarily, but when it comes to Fun Stats it's a little humiliating.
crown handed peter
Ross begat Shawn. He handed down the crown of St Peter to Shawn.
bush
Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme.
chicken following garlic jewish kept table vampires
Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.
best kansas
The best restaurants in the world are, of course, in Kansas City.
numbers looks queues
Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.
teacher math answers
Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.
dark may sides
Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.
football sex school
Kerr's Three Rules for a Successful College: Have plenty of football for the alumni, sex for the students, and parking for the faculty. If law school is so hard to get through, how come there are so many lawyers?
sound ears deceiving
Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?