You can't try to be witty. It's really not possible. I've tried in the past (just scroll down a bit and you'll see some great examples of contrived wit). I mean those endless late-nite shifts at the library when you're oh so desperately trying to stay awake and bending over backwards to make obscure mental connections is all you can do to keep from passing out, well...you do what you have to.
But you can't force wit. You have to (a) stumble blindly into it or (b) pretty much sport the mental acuity of Jonathan Swift. And no, I don't sport the mental acuity of Jonathan Swift. So I'm taking off the glasses because I can't really see anything anyway.
Onward.
