Have you heard the one about Eliot Spitzer and...?

In a brief posting over at The Elegant Variation, litblogger and author Mark Sarvas says he was sitting in an airport Thursday when some prankster had Eliot Spitzer paged to Gate 32. "It would have been funnier to have him paged to Gate 9," Sarvas jabs.

Which sent us roaming around the Web looking for the better, more printable, lines spinning out of the Spitzer fiasco. A tragedy for his family, no argument. But a gift for people in need of a straight man.

To wit, Roger Simon at Politico: "What is wrong with him? Hasn’t he ever heard of interns? If you have an affair with an intern and get caught, you get to hold on to your job, and years later, millions of people still look upon you as a hero. But paying for sex? That crosses the line. To paraphrase an old joke, if stupidity ever gets to $200 a barrel, I want drilling rights to Eliot Spitzer’s head."

A series of the late-night comedians' jokes are collected here -- some in questionable taste, so be warned. And here's the inevitable "Top 10" list from David Letterman.

-- Scott Martelle