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RIDDLE

WHAT IS THE LARGEST PENCIL IN THE WORLD?
PENNSYLVANIA

Where learned: PLACE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): PLACE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-29-1967

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MORON RIDDLE

WHY DID THE MORON JUMP OFF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?
TO TEST OUT HIS NEW SPRING SUIT.

Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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MORON RIDDLE

WHY DID THE MORON JUMP OFF THE CLIFF?
HE WANTED TO TEST OUT HIS AIR BRAKES.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 06-30-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT DO THEY CALL AN ICECREAM VENDOR IN ARIZONA?
A GOOD YUMA MAN.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): GOOD HUMOR MAN ; PLACE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-26-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TUNA FISH AND A PIANO?
YOU CAN'T TUNE A FISH

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-26-1967

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RIDDLE

HOW DO YOU MAKE ANTI-FREEZE?
TAKE HER CLOTHES AWAY.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): AUNT ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-26-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CATCH A SQUIRREL?
ACT LIKE A NUT.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INSANITY

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-26-1967

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RIDDLE

WHERE WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED?
AT THE BOTTOM.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): HISTORICAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-26-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT IS ORANGE AND WRITES?
A BALL POINT CARROT.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): COLOR ; PLANT VEGETABLE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-26-1967

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RIDDLE

WHY DOES AN INDIAN WEAR FEATHERS?
TO KEEP HIS WIG WARM.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN ; WIGWAM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-26-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK,WHO'S THERE,
BOO
BOO WHO
WELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO CRY ABOUT IT.

Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-08-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ACH
ACH WHO
DAMN IT, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO QUIT
SNEEZING IN MY FACE.

Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-09-1967

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NO GAMBLER

WHY DIDN'T THEY PLAY CARDS ON NOAH'S ARK?
CAUSE NOAH SAT ON THE DECK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THAT HE GOT THE "JOKE" FROM HIS ROOMATE,
DAVE PARKER BUT HE WOULD RATHER NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIBLICAL ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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CAIN AND ABLE

HOW LONG DID CAIN HATE HIS BROTHER?
AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IT FROM A PATIENT IN STS, MARY
AND ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KY

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE

Keyword(s): ABEL ; BIBLICAL ; NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-22-1967

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MATH PROF

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE CONSTIPATED MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR WHO
WORKED IT OUT WITH A PENCIL?
YES

Submitter comment: COLLECTED FROM THE WALL OF THE MENS JOHN IN
RENO HALL, BASEMENT.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): OBSCENE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
Filter - Mature Content

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ACH
ACH WHO?
GESUNDHEIT

Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF MANY KNOCK-KNOCKS
I TRADED WITH MY FRIENDS BACK IN
ST. GABRIEL GRADE SCHOOL IN DETROIT.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia
SPEECH -- Formula
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
THE OLD LADY
THE OLD LADY WHO?
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD YODEL.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY FRIENDS AT ST. GABRIEL GRADE
SCHOOL IN DETROIT YEARS AGO.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
MADAM
MADAM WHO?
MADAM FOOT'S CAUGHT IN THE DOOR.

Submitter comment: DIANE LEARNED THIS FROM GIRL FRIENDS IN PITTSBURGH, PA.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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LOCKED UP

IF YOU WERE LOCKED UP IN A ROOM AND ALL YOU HAD
IN THE ROOM WAS A BED AND A CALENDAR
HOW WOULD YOU SURVIVE?
DRINK FROM THE SPRINGS OF THE BED, AND
EAT THE DATES OFF THE CALENDAR.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS JOKE WHEN I WAS LIVING IN DETROIT FROM A FRIEND.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-11-1967

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DARKNESS

IF YOU WERE IN A COMPLETELY DARK ROOM WHERE THERE
WAS NO EXIT AND ALL THERE WAS IN THE HOLE WAS A
MIRROR, HOW COULD YOU GET OUT?
LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO SEE WHAT YOU SAW,
TAKE THE SAW AND SAW A HOLE THROUGH THE WALL TO GET OUT.

Submitter comment: THIS RIDDLE WENT AROUND AND WAS QUITE
POPULAR WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-11-1967

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