Plus tu vieillis, plus il y a de jeunes gens plus jeunes que toi, me dit Dominique, et plus tu es impressionné par les beautés qui croisent ton chemin. C'est vrai, c'est mathématiquement vrai ! Et d'où vient que je sois impressionné par ces beautés, garçons...

Garrison Keillor explains Lake Wobegon' origins and how he discovered people needed not another dark tragic sensibility (for they have their own), but instead a cheerful person to help them wake up in the morning. And he started making up a cheerful personality...

It's NOT about rich=rotten and poor=blessed. It's NOT about easy terrestrial life=>hardship in heaven and the other way around. The rich man has no name, Lazare has one: "God saves". Is poverty something to be saved from? Interestingly, God did not save...