Cowboy humorist Baxter Black is known for his jokes, and so when he puts them in a poem, the crowds laugh twice as hard. “The Oyster” is one of his favorites, and he describes the poem as “a ...

Yes, we like to make jokes about oysters. They sound funny when we eat them. And easy “goo on a half shell” jibes do make people laugh. But you won’t find scientists, ecologists ...