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"WE BURY OTHERS, WHY NOT YOU;
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; FUNERAL HOME SLOGAN?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
A SIGN IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL PARLOR READS:
"PLAN AHEAD--SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR LAY-A-WAY PLAN."
Submitter comment:
SORRY TO SAY, DON'T KNOW THE FUNERAL HOME, BUT
SOMWHERE IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
MODEST: ONE WHO WEARS THE LATEST FASHIONS.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN ON "MOD"--FOR THE LATEST, THE MOST MODERN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
COINCIDE: WHAT YOU DO WHEN IT STARTS RAINING.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR GO INSIDE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
DEBATE: IT LURES DE FISH.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR THE BAIT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
KNOB: A THING TO ADORE.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR A DOOR.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
MORBID: A COMMON PHRASE USED BY AN AUCTIONEER.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN ON MORE BID.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
THIS END UP {ARROW POINTING DOWN}
Submitter comment: DONE AS A JOKE, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
"LET US ENDEAVOR SO TO LIVE THAT WHEN WE COME TO DIE,
EVEN THE UNDERTAKER WILL BE SORRY."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TAKEN FROM A TELEVISION SPECIAL ON THE LIFE
OF MARK TWAIN A FEW MONTHS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
DEFINITION OF VICE VERSA: DIRTY POETRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-16-1969
I HAVE NO VICES...THAT I WANT TO GIVE UP.
Submitter comment:
COINED BY MYSELF, VERY APPROPRIATE AND FITTING FOR
QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
James Callow comment: NOT PROVERBIAL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
S(E)X=F(U)N
James Callow comment: THE X AND THE N ARE WRITTEN AS SUPERSCRIPTS ON THE ; ORIGINAL CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-29-1969
FAIR EXCHANGE, NO ROBBERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1977
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER OR OUT OF
SIGHT OUT OF MIND, BUT DEPENDS UPON WHO YOU ARE
AWAY FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
THE CHILD IS THE FATHER OF THE MAN.
Submitter comment: PAST CONTROLS FUTURE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
REMEMBER GIRLS! THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH
HIS LEFT VENTRICLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
TO REMAIN A WOMAN'S IDEAL, A MAN MUST DIE A BACHELOR.
Submitter comment:
WHEN I ASKED MR. HOLTHUS IF HE ASCRIBED TO THE
ABOVE PRINCIPLE, HE SIMPLY SAID, "HELL, YES."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-12-1970
RESPONSIBLITY IS LIKE CHARITY; IT BEGINS AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
RUNNING IN FROM OUTFIELD YOU HAVE TO RUN OVER THIRD
BASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET CHILDREN.
Where learned: IRELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1967