After the remains have been decently interred, the following remarks shall be uttered by the presiding humorist:  
This joke has been our refuge from one generation to another:
 
Before the mountains were brought forth this joke was lusty and of good repute:
 
In the life of this joke a thousand years are but as yesterday.
 
Blessed, therefore, is this joke, which now resteth from its labors.
 
But most of our jokes are of little continuance: though the............