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Did you hear about the butcher who backed into a meat cutting machine and got a little behind in his work?

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original Boggs Numbers [W400, B667] are crossed out and B660 is substituted.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Walsh, George E Jr ; 6457 Ellsworth

Keyword(s): Butcher, Meat, Machine ; EUPHEMISM ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; PARODY

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing

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