Yes, this is the first post in this newsgroup to quote Bulwer-Lytton, if not, I bet this is the very first post to claim to be the first post in this newsgroup to quote Bulwer-Lytton. From the appendices to Paul Clifford:
"People may talk about fiction being the source of fancy, and wit being at variance with truth; now some of the wittiest things in the world are witty solely from their truth. Truth is the soul of a good saying. "You assert," observes the Socrates of modern times, "that we have a VIRTUAL representation; very well, let us have a virtual taxation too!" Here the wit is in the fidelity of the SEQUITUR. When Columbus broke the egg, where was the wit? -- In the completences of conviction in the broken egg."
I don't know what the hell he's talking about, as he kinda lost me after the beginning. It's kind of funny, just not "ha ha" funny.