JACK RECOVERS

ONE DAY JACK WAS ATTACKED BY A HOARD OF RATS. THE RATS
ATE JACK UP. IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER HE HAD BEEN EATEN
THAT AN ANIMAL FRIEND TOLD HIM A TINCTURE OF GIRDIRION
COULD PROTECT HIM FROM THE HORRIBLE RATS. JACK
DETERMINED NEXT TIME TO MAKE USE OF HIS FRIEND'S ADVICE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 01-17-1968

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(CATCH TALE)

ME: ADAM AND EVE AND PINCHME WENT OUT IN A BOAT, IT
TIPPED OVER AND ADAM AND EVE SWAM ASHORE. WHO DROWNED?
YOU: PINCHME!
ME: OKAY, I'LL PINCH YOU!

Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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(INCH ME AND PINCH ME)

PINCH ME AND INCH ME WERE IN A BOAT.
INCH ME FELL OUT, SO WHO WAS LEFT?
PINCH ME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 03-05-1968

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(INCH ME AND PINCH ME)

INCH ME AND PINCH ME WERE WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE.
INCH ME FELL OFF AND WHO WAS LEFT?
PINCH ME. (THE TELLER WOULD THEN PINCH THE LISTENER).

Where learned: ROOM

Date learned: 11-18-1968

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INCH ME AND PINCH ME

PINCH AND PINCH ME WERE WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE.
PINCH FELL IN AND WHO WAS LEFT?
(COMPANION) PINCH ME!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 09-20-1968

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ONE A SNAKE

ONE A SNAKE, TWO A SNAKE, THREE A SNAKE, FOUR A SNAKE,
FIVE A SNAKE, SIX A SNAKE, SEVEN A SNAKE, EIGHT A SNAKE,
NINE A SNAKE, TEN A SNAKE.
THIS WAS A GAME I PLAYED IN MY CHILDHOOD. IT CONSISTS
OF A PLAY ON THE WORDS THE KEY IS "EIGHT A SNAKE" MEANING
ATE A SNAKE. IT USUALLY WAS JUST A GAME TO MAKE YOU
LAUGH. I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE I LEARNED IT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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RIDDLE

EATING CARROTS IS GOOD FOR THE EYES.
HOW CAN YOU PROVE IT?
WELL, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A RABBIT WITH GLASSES HAVE YOU?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 10-17-1968

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JUMP STORY

YOU ASSEMBLE A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THE
FOLLOWING STORY (YOU PICK ONE AS THE BRUNT OF THE
JOKE).
THERE WERE THREE BROTHERS AND ONE OF THEM HAD A GOLDEN
ARM. THE OTHERS WERE VERY JEALOUS OF THIS ARM AND
ALWAYS WANTED TO STEAL IT. FINALLY THE BROTHER
WITH THE GOLDEN {ARM} DIED AND BEFORE HE WAS BURIED
HIS GOLDEN ARM DISAPPEARED. HIS GHOST CAME BACK TO
HAUNT THE OTHER BROTHERS. AT THIS POINT YOU ASK
EACH OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU "DID YOU STEAL MY
GOLDEN ARM?" WHEN YOU COME TO THE PERSON WHOM
YOU WISH TO SCARE AND HE ANSWERS "NO" TO YOUR QUESTION
YOU GRAB HIM AND SHOUT "YES YOU DID."

Submitter comment: STORY SHOULD BE TOLD WITH "ATMOSPHERE."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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THE GOLDEN ARM

THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN TRAVELING IN A STAGE COACH.
THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND THE STAGECOACH WENT OVER A
CLIFF. THE WOMAN LOST HER ARM, SO SHE HAD A SPECIAL
ARM OF GOLD BUILT FOR HER. THE GOLD GAVE HER BLOOD-
POISONING AND SHE DIED. AFTER SHE HAD BEEN BURIED,
HER SON WENT AND DUG UP THE GRAVE AND STOLE THE GOLDEN
ARM. THAT NIGHT WHEN HE WAS IN BED HE HEARD A VOICE
SAYING, "GIVE ME BACK MY GOLDEN ARM." HE COVERED HIS HEAD
WITH HIS BLANKETS. THE VOICE CAME AGAIN. "I AM AT YOUR
FRONT DOOR. GIVE ME BACK MY GOLDEN ARM. I AM AT THE
FOOT OF YOUR STAIRS. GIVE ME BACK MY GOLDEN ARM. NOW I
AM UP THE STAIRS. NOW I AM AT YOUR DOOR. NOW I AM
AT YOUR BED. GIVE ME BACK MY GOLDEN ARM. I AM TAKING
YOUR FIRST BLANKET OFF. I AM TAKING YOUR SECOND
BLANKET OFF. I AM TAKING YOUR SHEET OFF. GOT YA!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-26-1968

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VARIATION ON A GOLDEN ARM

I FIRST HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS SEVEN, FROM AN OBSCURE
NEIGHBORHOOD FRIEND: A GIRL HAD HER ARM CUT OFF BY
A WITCH, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED IT WITH A GOLDEN
ONE. AFTER A WHILE, THE GIRL TOOK SICK AND DIED,
AND WHILE SHE WAS LAID OUT IN THE FUNERAL HOME, HER
SISTER STOLE HER GOLDEN ARM. A FEW NIGHTS AFTER THE
FUNERAL, THE SISTER WAS LYING IN BED, WHEN SHE HEARD
EERIE SINGING: "MARY, I WANT MY GOLDEN ARM!" SHE
LEAPED OUT OF BED AND THE GOLDEN ARM CAME AT HER AND
TWISTED HER HEAD OFF HER NECK. THE NEXT MORNING THE
WITCH CAME AND TOOK MARY'S BODY WITH HER.

Submitter comment: HORROR STORY, WITCH STORY.
HORROR STORY, WITCH STORY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1957

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BLOODY BONES

A MAN HAS JUST DIED. A YOUNG BOY GOES TO THE
CELLAR TO GET HIS MOTHER A CAN OF SARDINES. ON
THE WAY BACK UP THE STAIRS, HE HEARS CHAINS RATTLING
BEHIND HIM. IT IS BLOODY BONES ON THE FIRST STEP.
. . . ON THE SECOND STEP . . . ON THE THIRD STEP . . .
BLOODY BONES IS ON THE TOP STEP, BUT YOU RUN AND
GET YOUR MOTHER AND YOU ARE SAFE.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER BABY-SITTER
WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Date learned: 08-00-1964

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(DEATH TO LISTENER)

THERE ONCE WAS THIS POOR LADY WHO LIVED ALONE WITH HER
DAUGHTER, THEY HAD LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MATERIAL
THINGS. ONE DAY THE MOTHER INVITED SOME OF HER FRIENDS
OVER FOR TEA. "OH, I'M SORRY I DID THAT," SHE SAID
TO HER DAUGHTER, "I HAVE NOTHING TO USE FOR SILVERWARE."
"DON'T WORRY," SAID THE DAUGHTER, "I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT."
SO, THAT NIGHT THE DAUGHTER WENT OUT TO THE GRAVE OF HER
GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS BURIED BEHIND THE HOUSE. SHE DUG
UP THE BONES OF HER GRANDMOTHER AND CARVED KNIVES,
FORKS, AND SPOONS OUT OF THE BONES. WELL, HER MOTHER
HADN'T ANY WORRIES ABOUT HER TEA, AND IT SEEMED THAT THE
PROBLEM WAS SOLVED.
ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE DAUGHTER WAS LYING IN HER BED AND
IT WAS VERY LATE AT NIGHT. A WEIRD NOISE WOKE HER UP.
SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD A STRANGE HOWLING FROM THE YARD.
AT FIRST SHE THOUGHT IT WAS THE WIND, BUT SOON SHE WAS
ABLE TO MAKE OUT THE WORDS THAT WERE FILLING THE AIR:
"BLLOOODYY BBBOONESSS ISSS GOINGGG TOOO GET YOUUU..."
SHE KNEW IT WAS IN THE HOUSE NOW.
"BLODDEEE BONESS ISSS GOINGG TOOO GET YOUUU..." IT WAS
COMING UP THE STAIRS.
"BLOODEE BONESS ISSS GONNA GET YOUUU..." IT WAS IN THE HALL
OUTSIDE HER ROOM.
"BLOODY BONES IS GONNA GET YOUUU...." IT WAS IN HER ROOM.
IT WAS COMING OVER TO HER BED, IT WAS RECHING FOR HER,
IT WAS.......ARRAGHH!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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(DEATH TO LISTENER)

WHEN I FIRST BECAME A SOUNSELOR I WAS STATIONED AT A
CAMP UP IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. FOR REASONS WHICH WILL
BE OBVIOUS, I WON'T MENTION THE NAME OF THE CAMP.
DURING MY FIRST WEKK, WE HAD NOT BEEN ASSIGNED ANY
CABINS YET, SO I WAS STAYING , ALONG WITH ABOUT HALF
THE OTHER COUNSELORS, IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE CAMP.
ABOUT ELEVEN ON--I THINK IT WAS A TUESDAY NIGHT--I
HEARD THIS HORRIBLE SCREAM. I RAN TO THE WOMEN'S DORM
AND FOUND THE NURSE JUST LYING ON THE FLOOR; SHE HAD
FAINTED. SHE JUST KEPT MUMBLING DA GRU, DA GRU. ABOUT
THIS TIME SOME OF THE OTHER COUNSELORS ARRIVED. AFTER
THE NURSE HAD RECOVERED, I ASKED MY UNIT LEADER WHAT THIS
DA GRU STUFF WAS. HE LOOKED AROUND THE ROOM AND THERE
IN THE WINDOW WAS A PIECE OF CHAIN. NOW THAT HE WAS SURE
IT WAS DA GRU, HE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT HIM. "DA GRU,"
HE SAID, "WAS A DUTCHMAN WHO OWNED PART OF THE LAND THE
CAMP WAS BUILT ON. ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO, THE PEOPLE
WHO PURCHASED THIS LAND FROM DA GRU CHEATED HIM ON THE
PRICE. THEY DID NOT PAY HIM THE TRUE VALUE OF THE LAND.
WHEN DA GRU DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD BEEN CHEATED, HE VOWED
TO GET REVENGE. THAT SAME YEAR SOME OF THE BUILDINGS
WERE DAMAGED, BEATEN BY CHAINS. THE NEXT YEAR, SOME
OF THE ANIMALS KEPT AT THE CAMP WERE FOUND WITH CHAINS
WRAPPED AROUND THEIR THROATS. THAT NIGHT THE ANIMALS
WERE KILLED. SOME OF THE COUNSELORS HAD HEARD THE
SOUND OF THE CHAINS AND HEARD THIS PECULIAR "OOOING"
SOUND. THEY RAN TO THE BARN WHERE THEY FOUND THE DEAD
ANIMALS AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF DA GRU ENTERING THE
NEARBY WOODS. FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NO ONE HAD HEARD OF
OF DA GRU AGAIN TILL TWO CAMPERS WERE FOUND STRANGLED
AND BEATEN BY CHAINS. A MASS MANHUNT WAS BEGUN TO
CAPTURE DA GRU. THEY FOUND HIM IN HIS CABIN, HANGING
BY A CHAIN. HE HAD HUNT HIMSELF. BESIDE HIM WAS A
NOTE WHICH SAID IN EFFECT, THAT HIS REVENGE WAS NOT
COMPLETE.
I SAID, "HOLD IT, YOU JUST SAID DA GRU WAS DEAD. HOW
COULD HE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NURSE FAINTING AND THE
CHAIN ON THE WINDOW?" HE ASKED ME TO LET HIM CONTINUE.
FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS NO MORE WAS THOUGHT OF THE MAD MAN,
UNTIL FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THE CAMP DISCOVERED THAT PART
OF THE LAND PURCHASED FROM DA GRU HAD A MINERAL VALUE.
JUST AS THE CAMP WAS ABOUT TO SELL SOME OF THIS LAND,
FOR A LARGE PROFIT, ONE OF THE CAMPERS WAS FOUND
MURDERED -- BEATEN WITH CHAINS. HIS FRIEND WAS FOUND
INJURED BUT ALIVE. ALL HE COULD SAY WAS 'DA GRU, DA
GRU.' THE MEN WHO FOUND HIM REPORTED HEARING THIS
STRANGE "OOOING" SOUND AND THE CLINK OF CHAINS. THE
DEAL TO SELL THE LAND FELL THROUGH, TILL A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO. NOW THE CAMP IS AGAIN CONSIDERING SELLING
SOME OF THIS LAND. THE STORY GOES THAT DA GRU WOULD
RATHER KILL THAN ALLOW THIS PROFIT TO TAKE PLACE TO THE
PEOPLE WHO CHEATED HIM.
I ASKED, "DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THIS STORY?" HE
SAID, "YOU WILL AFTER TOMORROW NIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO
CAPTURE DA GRU." WELL WE, THAT IS MYSELF AND THE OTHER
COUNSELORS, WITHOUT ANY INTELLIGENCE WENT ON A WILD
GHOST CHASE. THE PLAN WAS SIMPLE: A GOAT WOULD BE TIED
IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPEN FIELD, WITH A BELL AROUND ITS
NECK. ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CAMP WOULD REMAIN
INDOORS AS WELL AS ALL THE ANIMALS, FOR IT SEEMED THAT
DA GRU COULD NOT ENTER A LOCKED WINDOW OR DOOR. THE REST
OF US WOULD REMAIN HIDDEN TILL WE HEARD THE GOAT BEING
KILLED. WE WOULD THEN, WITH THE AID OF SOME CHARM,
WHICH I HAD NO IDEA HOW IT WOULD WORK, PROCEED TO BEAT
THE GHOST WITH THE SAME CHAINS HE COMMITTED HIS DEEDS WITH.
WE WERE ALSO ARMED WITH A HEALTHY COLLECTION OF BASEBALL
BATS, B. B. GUNS AND TWENTY-TWOS. ABOUT MIDNIGHT WE HEARD
THE CRYING OF THE GOAT AND WE RAN TO THE FIELD. WE
COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF THE CHAIN AND THE STRANGE
"OOOING" SOUND. WE FOUND THE GOAT DEAD, BUT ALSO CAUGHT
A GLIMPSE OF SOME FIGURE WALKING AWAY TOWARD AN OLD CAMP-
FIRE SITE. WE CAUTIOUSLY INCHED OUR WAY DOWN THE PATH.
"WHERE IS HE?" I ASKED "WHERE?" SOMEONE WHISPERED. "I
DON'T SEE HIM," ANOTHER MANAGED TO BREATHE. "MIKE,
WHERE IS HE," (AT THIS POINT YELL "THERE", WITH ALL
YOU'VE GOT).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP OHIYESA ; ESCANABA

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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(A FRATERNITY INDUCTION)

OUT IN THE SOUTHWEST THERE IS A VERY LONELY AND DESERTED
SECTION OF DESERT, WHERE THE ONLY SIGN OF CIVILIZATION
IS A TWO LANE ROAD. THE ONLY TRAFFIC ON THIS OLD ROAD
IS A SINGLE BUS WHICH CARRIES INDIANS TO PHOENIX,
ARIZONA FROM THEIR RESERVATION. ON A VERY DARK,
MOONLESS NIGHT, THE BUS WAS ON ITS WAY WITH ONLY TWO
PASSENGERS, AN OLD INDIAN WOMAN (WHO WAS SLEEPING) AND
HER DEAF HUSBAND. ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD, A LIGHT APPEARED. THE DRIVER SLOWED DOWN THE BUS,
AND SAW AN OLD MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE MAN
ASKED THE DRIVER IF HE COULD HAVE A RIDE, BUT SAID THAT
HE HAD NO MONEY. THE DRIVER ADMITTED THAT HE SOULDN'T
ALLOW IT, BUT THAT SINCE THE RIDE WAS SO LONG AND SO
LONELY, IT WOULD BE NICE IF HE HAD SOMEONE TO ACCOMPANY
HIM, AND TO TALK TO HIM. THE STRANGER THANKED THE DRIVER
AND GOT ABOARD THE BUS. THE DRIVER THEN ASKED THE
STRANGER WHERE HE HAD COME FROM AND THE STRANGER SAID
THAT IT WAS A RATHER LONG STORY. THE DRIVER ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT HE HAD PLENTY OF TIME AND THE STRANGER BEGAN.
AT THIS POINT THE STORY SHIFTS TO A FIRST PERSON
NARRATIVE.
I WAS BORN THE SON OF VERY WEALTHY PARENTS, AND I ATTENDED
ALL THE BEST SCHOOLS. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO TO COLLEGE
THERE WAS NO DOUBT AS TO WHERE I WOULD ATTEND, ONLY THE
BEST OF THE EVY LEAGUE WAS GOOD ENOUGH. WHEN I WAS READY
TO JOIN A FRATERNITY, AGAIN ONLY THE BEST, THE ONE WHICH
FAMILY TRADITION DICTATED. THE FRATERNITY WAS SMALL,
BEING LIMITED TO ONLY THE TOP MEN FROM OUR SCHOOL.
PLEDGE TIME CAME, MY SECOND YEAR IN THE FRATERNITY,
AND I HELPED CHOOSE THE THREE NEW PLEDGES, ONE, THE
BEST ENGINEER IN THE SCHOOL; ONE, THE BEST FOOTBALL
PLAYER; AND, ONE, THE BEST MUSICIAN IN THE BAND.
WHEN TIME CAME FOR THEIR FINAL TEST, THE MEN WERE TAKEN
OUT TO AN OLD DESERTED HOUSE WHICH HAD THREE FLOORS.
EACH MAN WAS GIVEN THREE KITCHEN MATCHES, A PENCIL AND A
NOTEBOOK. EACH MAN WAS TOLD TO GO INTO THE HOUSE, LIGHT
ONE MATCH, LOOK AROUND, WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING HE SAW, AND
THEN CLIMB TO THE NEXT FLOOR AND REPEAT THE PROCESS.
THE MUSICIAN WENT INTO THE HOUSE. A FAINT GLOW CAME FROM
THE WINDOWS OF THE FIRST STORY. IT SOON DIED OUT AND HE
COULD BE HEARD FUMBLING UP THE STAIRS TO THE SECOND STORY.
AGAIN THE FAINT GLOW, AND AGAIN THE FUMBLING AS HE
ASCENDED TO THE THIRD STORY. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A
BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT FROM THE THIRD STORY OF THE HOUSE,
LIKE A THOUSAND FLASHBULBS AT ONCE. THEY (SWITCH BACK TO
IMPERSONAL) FIGURED IT WAS A PLEDGE PRANK, BUT THE OTHER
PLEDGES INSISTED IT WASN'T AND VOLUNTEERED TO GO IN AND
GET THE OTHER PLEDGE BACK OUTSIDE. THEY AGREED AND LET
THE ENGINEER GO IN AFTER HIM. THE SAME LIGHT GLOWED AS
AS HE WENT INTO THE FIRST STORY, AS HIS MATCH DIED OUT, HE
WAS HEARD GOING UP THE CREAKING STAIRS, AGAIN THE FAINT
GLOW, AND AGAIN THE CREAKING STAIRS TO THE THIRD FLOOR.
ONCE MORE THERE WAS THE SAME BLINDING FLASH. THE FOOTBALL
PLAYER SWORE THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT AND VOWED HE WOULD
BRING THE OTHERS BACK OUT. THIS TIME HE DIDN'T BOTHER
WITH THE MATCHES, HE WENT RIGHT UP THE STAIRS TO THE THIRD
STORY. THE BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT EXPLODED ONCE MORE. THE
MEMBERS WERE AWESTRUCK. THEY ALL SCATTERED AND FINALLY
REGROUPED THE NEXT MORNING. IN THE LIGHT OF MORNING THEY
ALL FELT MORE AT EASE AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE.
ON THE FIRST STORY, THEY SAW THE FOOTPRINTS LEFT BY THE
PLEDGES IN THE DUST. THE SAME WAS TRUE ON THE SECOND
STORY, BUT ON THE THIRD STORY THE DUST WAS UNMOVED, BUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR THERE BRAND NEW AXES WERE STUCK INTO
THE WOOD, AND ALL THREE WERE COVERED BY BLOOD. THE
FRATERNITY WAS DISSOLVED, OF COURSE, AND FEW OF THE
MEMBERS WERE GRADUATED. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ALMOST ALL
OF THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE GONE MAD AND
MURDERED PEOPLE, BUT IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THEY HAVE
DONE THIS ONLY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCURRENCE,
WHICH HAPPENS TO BE TONIGHT, AND I AM THE LAST--
(AT ANY POINT NEAR THE END OF THIS, THE TELLER OF THE
STORY STARTS GETTING CLOSER TO ANY LISTENER WHO APPEARS
DEEPLY ENGROSSED, AND FINALLY, AT THE END HE LEAPS TOWARD
THAT LISTENER).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DOWNTOWN ; MAIN OFFICE ; NATIONAL BANK

Date learned: 06-00-1968

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UNFINISHED STORY

THERE WAS ONCE A GIRL WHO WANTED A GOLD BALL FOR
CHRISTMAS AND EVERY BIRTHDAY. EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS
ASK HER WHY SHE WANTED A GOLD BALL AND SHE WOULD SAY
SHE WOULD TELL THEM LATER. FINALLY SHE DECIDED TO
TELL THEM WHY SHE WANTED A GOLD BALL. SHE SAID
"I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A GOLD BALL BECAUSE. . ."
AND THEN SHE DIED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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(PROSE NARRATIVE: REPETITIOUS HOAX)

TALE THAT IS BEGUN EVERY OTHER SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE
CAMPFIRE. IT USUALLY STARTS OUT WITH THE CAMP
DIRECTOR LEAVING HIS CABIN AT ABOUT 1:00 A.M. TO
INVESTIGATE A STRANGE NOISE, FROM THERE IT GOES ON
TO ANYONE WHO FEELS LIKE ADDING TO IT.
EVENTUALLY ALL THE COUNSELORS GET INTO IT. IT
HELPS TIRE THE BOYS OUT SO THAT THEY WILL BE
EASIER TO GET TO SLEEP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MEMPHIS ; SAINT MARYS CAMP

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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(MAKING THE KING LOSE PATIENCE)

ONCE THERE WAS THIS MAN WHO WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A TRIP
OUT ONTO THE DESERT TO HIS CLAIM. HE LOADED DOWN HIS
JACKASS AND SET OUT. WELL, IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY AND THE
SUN WAS BLAZING. AFTER THEY HAD BEEN TRAVELLING FOR
'BOUT AN HOUR THE MULE ASKED THE MAN, "WHEN WE GONNA
STOP FOR SOME WATER?" REPLIED THE MAN, "PATIENCE
JACKASS, PATIENCE JACKASS." ON THEY WENT FOR A FEW
MORE MILES WHEN THE MULE AGAIN ASKED TO STOP FOR SOME
WATER. AGAIN THE MAN SAID, "PATIENCE JACKASS, PATIENCE
JACKASS." THE TELLER OF THE STORY KEEPS THIS GOING
AND GOING UNTIL THE PERSON HE IS TELLING THE STORY TO
SAYS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT "COME ON FINISH THE JOKE."
THEN THE TELLER TURNS AND SAYS TO HIM "PATIENCE
JACKASS, PATIENCE JACKASS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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ROUND

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT,
AND SEVEN BANDITS SAT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE BRIGHT.
ONE BEGAN TO TELL A STORY AND IT BEGAN. . .
(REPEATED AD NAUSEUM)

Submitter comment: THIS ITEM IS TAKEN FROM THE INFORMANT'S EXPERIENCE AS A
BOY SCOUT.

Where learned: WASHINGTON DC

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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I KNEW A MAN

K KNEW A MAN.
WHAT MAN?
THE MAN WITH THE POWER.
WHAT POWER?
THE POWER OF VOODOO.
VOODOO?
I DO.
DO WHAT?
KNOW A MAN.
WHAT MAN?
ETC.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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REPEAT

PETE AND REPETE WENT FOR A WALK. PETE GOT LOST, SO WHO
WAS LEFT?
REPETE.
PETE AND REPETE WENT FOR A WALK. PETE GOT LOST, SO WHO
WAS LEFT?
REPETE.
PETE AND REPETE WENT FOR A WALK. PETE GOT LOST . . .

Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO

Date learned: 00-00-1955

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