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RIDDLE

HOW CAN YOU CARRY WATER IN A NET?
MAKE ICE CUBES.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THE RIDDLE AT ST. SABINA SCHOOL.
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-16-1965

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RIDDLE

DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE TEARING DOWN TITAN STADIUM?
THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD HONEYMOON COTTAGES FOR THE PRIESTS.

Data entry tech comment: TITAN STADIUM IS A NICKNAME FOR THE UNIV. OF DETROIT'S STADIUM.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): RELIGION CATHOLICISM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-27-1967

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RIDDLE QUESTION

WHAT'S BLACK OUTSIDE AND WHITE INSIDE?
DEARBORN

Submitter comment: HEARD FROM CLASSMATE AT ST. ALPHONOUS
HIGH SCHOOL IN DEARBORN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; EXCLUSION OF BLACKS FROM DEARBORN, MICHIGAN HOUSING ; RACE SEGREGATION ; SATIRE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 09-27-1967

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RIDDLE QUESTION

DO YOU KNOW WHY CHRIST NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE?
BECAUSE HE GOT NAILED ON THE BOARDS.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-19-1967

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RIDDLE

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POPE'S FAVORITE SONG IS?
WEDDING BELLS ARE BREAKING UP THIS OLD GANG OF MINE

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-12-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT'S WHITE AND GOES UP?
A RETARDED SNOWFLAKE.

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): COLOR

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-03-1967

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RIDDLE

IF 2 IS COMPANY AND 3 IS A CROWD, WHAT'S 4 AND 5?
9

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): CATCH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-01-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT DOES A PAINTER SAY TO THE WALL?
ONE MORE CRACK AND I'LL PLASTER YOU.

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-20-1967

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RIDDLE

WHY DOES THE LIGHT TURN RED?
WOULDN'T YOU IF EVERYONE WAS STARING AT YOU?

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): COLOR

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-10-1967

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RIDDLE

HOW DID KATY WINTERS DIE?
FROZEN ARMPITS

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT FICTIONAL CHARACTER

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-10-1967

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RIDDLE

HOW CAN YOU TELL A HAPPY MOTORCYCLIST?
BY THE BUGS IN HIS TEETH.

Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-10-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT GOES UP BUT NEVER GOES DOWN?
AGE

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-23-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRAIN AND A TEACHER?
ONE SAYS CHOO CHOO AND THE OTHER SAYS THROW AWAY YOUR GUM.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

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

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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RIDDLE

WHY DO DRAGONS GO TO SLEEP IN THE DAYTIME? SO THEY CAN FIGHT NIGHTS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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RIDDLE

WHEN IS A CAR NOT A CAR?
I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN IT TURNS INTO A DRIVEWAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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RIDDLE

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LBJ AND LSD?
ONE'S A DOPE AND ONE'S A DRUG.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): JOHNSON, LYNDON B. ; UNITED STATES PRESIDENT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-25-1967

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RIDDLE

WHY IS BASEBALL SIMILAR TO PANCAKES?
THEY BOTH NEED GOOD BATTERS.

Submitter comment: FROM A CLASSMATE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): FOOD SPORT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-12-1967

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RIDDLE

WHICH BURNS LONGER, A BLUE OR A RED CANDLE?
NEITHER, THEY BOTH BURN SHORTER.

Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-12-1967

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FIT FOR A KING

WHAT KING DO TWO FULL GLASSES AND AN EMPTY ONE REMIND YOU OF?
KING PHILUP THE THIRD.

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS RIDDLE FROM "BABE" KOZLOWSKI WHEN I WAS ABOUT
10 YEARS OLD( C 1935 ). "BABE" WAS THE SON OF THE LADY FROM
WHOM MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOME

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PHILIP PERSONAL NAME ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 05-00-1965

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DON'T BANK ON IT

WHAT DO THEY CALL A MISCARRIAGE IN CZECHOSLOVAKA?
A CANCELLED CZECH ( CHECK)

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS JOKE SOMETIME WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 05-00-1965

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