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The quote jokes that newspaper audiences are shrinking so much that the speaker's own column may have no readers at all. It uses exaggeration to make a point about declining print readership. The humor comes from treating a serious trend as if it has reached an absurd extreme.
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About Dave Barry
American author and columnist
Dave Barry is an American author and columnist. He wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005 and became known for his comic writing across several forms. He has written many books of humor and parody, along with comic novels and children’s novels. His honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1988 and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2005.
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