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"TOM SWIFTIES"
THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE, TOM SAID SHAKILY.
I HOPE I DON'T BLOW THIS GRADE, SAID TOM EXPLOSIVELY.
Submitter comment:
I MUST ADMIT THAT I MANUFACTURED THE SECOND SWIFTY BUT, IN CONCLUD-
ING THIS PROJECT I FELT A NEED FOR A GENERALIZED RESIGNATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-05-1980
"SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF MUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
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
I want to buy a brassier she said flatly.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): Pun on flat-chested
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PROVERB
"BE VERY QUIET," THE TRAVELER SAID
AS HE PASSED THE CEMETERY AT NIGHT,
"WE MIGHT AWAKEN THE DEAD."
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.500 PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
CALL ME PICKLE, 'CAUSE I'M A DILLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
NOT GIVEN
CONFUCIUS SAY MAN WHO LAY WOMAN ON GROUND HAVE PEACE ON EARTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
CONFUCIUS SAY WOMAN WHO FLY UPSIDE DOWN HAVE CRACK-UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM
"EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS," SAID THE OLD WOMAN AS SHE
WET IN THE OCEAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
WELLERISM
"EVERYBODY TO HIS OWN LIKING," AS THE OLD LADY SAID WHEN SHE
KISSED THE CALF.
Submitter comment:
EVERYBODY ELSE KISSED HIM IN THE MOUTH, AND SHE RAISED UP HIS
TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
WELLERISM
"EVERYONE TO HIS OWN NOTION," SAID THE LADY AS SHE KISSED
THE CALF.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 06-21-1972
SALLEY SWIFTIE
"I FORGOT MY PADDED BRA TODAY," SAID SALLEY FLATLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
WELLERISM
"I'M A STRIPTEASE ARTIST," SHE SAID REVEALINGLY.
Data entry tech comment:
COLLECTOR IDENTIFIES PLACE AS HIGH SCHOOL AND TIME THREE
YEARS AGO, BUT GIVES NO SPECIFIC PLACES OR DATES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM CONCERNING UNDERSTANDING
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN, AS HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER
AND SAW.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS AN INTERNAL CONTRADICTION HERE. A BLIND MAN CANNOT
SEE. SO THE PERSON WHO UTTERS THIS STATEMENT MEANS THAT HE
DOESN'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
WELLERISM
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO HIS DEAF WIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAVORITE SAYING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 04-01-1969
TOM SWIFTIE
"I SMELL SOMETHING," SAID TOM, FARTINGLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-08-1969
PROVERB: WELLERISM
"IT WON'T BE LONG NOW," SAID THE MONKEY AS THE TRAIN RAN
OVER HIS TAIL.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SAYING FROM EAST TENNESSEE
MY SHE IS A CUTE LITTLE GIRL. A DOG MUST HAVE PISSED
ON A SMOOTH ROCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
WELLERISM
SHE WAS THE TOAST OF OLD KENTUCKY,
BUT SHE IS ONLY A CRUMB DOWN HERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN