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IF YOU DROP A SPOON YOU ARE GOING TO GET A FEMALE VISITOR, IF YOU
DROP A FORK YOUR ARE GOING TO GET A MALE VISITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
KNOCK-KNOCK, WHO'S THERE? WATER. WATER WHO? WATER ARE YOU DOING HERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
WHAT ARE A WOMAN'S FOUR FAVORITE ANIMALS?
A MINK FOR HER BACK
A JAGUAR FOR HER GARAGE
A TIGER FOR HER BED
AND A JACKASS TO PAY FOR IT ALL.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS JOKE AT A PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1987
A MAN COMMITS SUICIDE AND THEREFORE CAN'T BE BURIED IN CHURCH.
THE BODY IS LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN ON A WARM JULY AFTERNOON,
WHILE THE FAMILY SEEKS BURIAL APPROVAL FROM THE BISHOP.
THE BODY SITS OUTSIDE FOR HOURS, YET NO DECOMPOSER TAKES PLACE.
WAS HE BURIED ALIVE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE ; 48189
James Callow Keyword(s): DECOMPOSITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
HOW DO YOU STOP AN ELEPHANT FROM CHARGING?
TAKE AWAY HIS CREDIT CARDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
IRAN.
IRAN WHO?
I RAN ALL THE WAY HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001980S
KNOCK, KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
KING.
KING WHO?
KING KONG PLAYS PING PONG WITH HIS DING DONG.
Submitter comment: THE MALE SEX ORGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
KNOCK, KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
ROACH.
ROACH WHO?
ROACH YOU A LETTER BUT YOU DIDN'T GET IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WROTE YOU
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
KNOCK, KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
BANANA.
BANANA WHO?
BANANA SPLIT.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
BANANA.
BANANA WHO?
BANANA SPLIT.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
BANANA.
BANANA WHO?
BANANA SPLIT.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
ORANGE.
ORANGE WHO?
AREN'T YOU GLAD I DIDN'T SAY BANANA?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AREN'T YOU
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
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HOW DO YOU KEEP A GROUP OF NIGGERS FROM RAPING A WHITE
GIRL? THROW THEM A BASKETBALL.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): African American ; Basketball ; Black ; Female ; Male ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; Rape ; SEXISM ; Stereotype ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
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HOW DO YOU BABYSIT A NIGGER? WET HIS LIPS AND STICK
HIM TO THE WALL.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): African American ; BABY ; JOKE ; Offensive ; RACISM ; Racist ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00001970S
RIDDLE
WHY DO ALL WOMEN PREFER TO WASH MIRRORS THAN WINDOWS?
BECAUSE WINDOWS HAVE TWO SIDES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT KEEPS THE MOON IN PLACE?
ITS BEAMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-23-1990
How do you get a one armed monkey out of a tree?
Wave.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Burt
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
Why did the cat fall out of the tree?
It was dead.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Burt
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
What did the monkey say when it backed into the
fan? "It won't be long now."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LENNON
James Callow Keyword(s): Wellerism posed as a riddle
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL MAN WITH NO ARMS AND NO LEGS IN A
PILE OF LEAVES?............RUSSELL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Question: What is black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Pun on read - red.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
Question: How many people are buried in a cemetery?
Answer: All that are dead.
Submitter comment:
Informant's grandfather used to ask this riddle
every time they drove past a cemetery.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CATCH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001940S
My father used to like to trick people with this riddle:
Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of
lead? The answer is neither because they both weigh
a pound.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970'S