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THE WORD WAS "TITS," WHICH WAS USED AS AN ADJECTIVE TO
DESCRIBE SOMETHING AS VERY GOOD, MUCH BETTER THAN
AVERAGE.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXUAL CONNOTATION?
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001967 SUMMER
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I WAS TOLD THIS BY AN OLD-MAID TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL:
"GOOD GIRLS DON'T WEAR HAIR CLIPS IN PUBLIC, AND
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHY." THE USUAL REASON WAS THAT
HAIR CLIPS REMIND BOYS OF THE BEDROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
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An Unpleasant Surprise
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There was a young engaged couple from a small town who had come home from a date one night. Nobody was home and the house was dark. On the table there was a note for the girl which said to close the basement windows. Seeing that noone was around, the young couple stripped down naked. The girl got on the boy's shoulders piggy-back and they started down the stairs. As they reached the last step all the lights went on - it was surprise bridal shower for the girl!
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Original Boggs number [B600] has been crossed out and replaced with B646
Where learned: DURING A VISIT ; Decaussin, Terrence
Keyword(s): ALLUSION TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; Engagement ; HUMOR ; JOKES ; MARRIAGE ; Modesty ; Moral ; PARTY ; Prank ; SEX ; SURPRISE ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic Filter - Mature Content |
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Ethnic Joke: French
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There was this couple engaged to be married. He was a Frenchman, while she was American. Her father gives her advice about her fiance: "Daughter, don't marry a frenchman!" But father, I love this man very much, I'm sure he will be fine. Her father repeats his warning: "Don't marry a Frenchman, because in six months, he'll ask you to "Change ends!" Don't worry father, everything will be ok. So, they got married.
What do you know, but six months later, while they are in bed, the Frenchman says "Honey, would you mind changing ends, just for tonight?" The girl gets a little angry and says "I should have listened to my father, he was right about you Frenchmen!" The frenchman replied, "But honey, Don't you want to have any children?"
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James Callow comment:
Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: RENO HALL ; DORM ROOM ; Fournier, Rock
Keyword(s): ETHNIC JOKE ; FRENCH ; HOMOSEXUALITY ; Innuendo ; MARRIAGE ; REFERENCE TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; SEXUAL EUPHEMISM ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 |
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A good birth control device is a dime. You keep it between your legs, especially on a date and if you lose your virginity you can call your roomate.
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Original BN [P500] crossed out. Nothing written to replace it. Was located in a pile marked "To Be Classified."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Courtney, MaryAnne
Keyword(s): DATING ; Modesty ; Sexuality
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Use of Object |
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Confucius Says:
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He who lives in glass house makes love in closet.
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Submission Card located in pile marked To Be Classified
Where learned: Singer, Mary
Keyword(s): ALLUSION TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; Confucius ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; JOKE ; WISDOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase Filter - Mature Content |
Maxim
A lot of girls would have hourglass figures if time hadn't shifted the sands.
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Original BN [B660] is crossed out. Nothing replaces it.
Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME ; Trompeter, Daniel
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; BEAUTY ; Feminism ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; JOKE ; Physical ; PUN ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Some Women wait so long for their dreamboat to come along that their piers collapse.
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Original BN [B660] crossed out. Nothing replaces it.
Submission card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME ; Trompeter, Daniel
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; Feminism ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; JOKE ; PUN ; Relationships ; SEXISM ; SEXIST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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Fun
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Fun, Fun, Fun.
Fun, Fun, Fun.
Fun, Fun, Fun
Worry, Worry, Worry
(The absence of period after final "fun" is the crux of the joke.)
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [W200] crossed out. V300? written at bottom of card.
Submission card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): ALLUSION TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; JOKE ; PREGNANCY ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim Filter - Mature Content |
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Ethnic Joke: Newfoundland
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A minister is walking down the street of a small community in Newfoundland and runs into a drunk.
Minister: You shouldn't drink so much - you'll never get to heaven that way.
Drunk: I bet I'll get to heaven faster than you will.With that the drunk drops dead in the street and a few days later the minister passes on. The minister finds himself in Hell and asks the Devil for a reconsideration. The Devil lets him make a phone call to heaven to ask why he is in Hell.
Minister: Hello, is this Heaven?
Voice: Yes, this is Mary.
Minister: The Blessed Virgin Mary?
Mary: No - not since that Newfie came up here.
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James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked [?]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bennett, Al
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEROGATORY ; DRUNKENNESS ; ETHNIC ; Icons ; Innuendo ; Minister ; Newfoundland ; RELIGION ; SEX ; VIRGIN MARY
James Callow Keyword(s): Newfoundland
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
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Custom/Belief
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School Custom Concerning Dress:
Anyone who wore green and yellow to school on Thursday was considered to be "queer."
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I can recall this as being practiced while I was in grade school.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): COLOR ; DRESS ; Green ; Homophobia ; HOMOSEXUALITY ; Presentation ; SCHOOL ; SLANG ; Thursday ; YELLOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Belief: Children
Determining Sex of Unborn Child:
A pin on a thread, if held motionless over the wrist of an expectant mother, can determine sex of child by the motion which it takes up after it is perfectly still. If pin or needle takes up a circular motion than first child weill be a girl. If needle takes up back and forth motion then a boy. If pin stops and then moves again, this can be used to predict the future sex and number of children.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P860] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME ; NEW YORK ; Sullivan, Virginia ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ANAPEL ; BELIEF ; Biology ; BIRTH ; CHILDREN ; CUSTOM ; Forecasting ; gender ; Ordain ; Pendulum ; Predictions ; SEX
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
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DIRTY OLD MAN: "THE WHIP THE WHIP"
YOUNG LADY: "NO, ANYTHING BUT THE WHIP"
DIRTY OLD MAN: "ANYTHING?"
YOUNG LADY: "THE WHIP, THE WHIP"
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Where learned: Massachusetts ; Framingham
Keyword(s): Abuse ; Masochism ; SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): DIALOGUE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
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DIRTY OLD MAN: "TO THE WOODS, TO THE WOODS"
YOUNG LADY: "NO, I'LL SCREAM"
DIRTY OLD MAN: "HOW LOUD CAN YOU SCREAM?"
YOUNG LADY: "HELP:" (VERY FAINTLY)
DIRTY OLD MAN: "TO THE WOODS, TO THE WOODS"
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Where learned: Massachusetts ; Framingham
Keyword(s): Abuse ; Rape ; SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): DIALOGUE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
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DIRTY OLD MAN: "TO THE WOODS, TO THE WOODS"
YOUNG LADY: "NO, MY MOTHER WOULDN'T LIKE IT
DIRTY OLD MAN: "YOUR MOTHER LOVED IT"
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KEYPUNCH CARDS ARE MISSING HERE
Where learned: Massachusetts ; Framingham
Keyword(s): Abuse ; Rape ; SEX
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
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Jokes
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Dirty Old Man: "To the woods, to the woods"
Young Lady: "But I am not twenty-one."
Dirty Old Man: "You aren't going there to vote."
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Where learned: Massachusetts ; Framingham ; D' ; Aoust, Ron
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW CEREAL "QUEERIOS?"
YOU POUR ON THE MILK AND THEY EAT THEMSELVES.
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Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
Keyword(s): DEROGATORY ; Homophobia ; HOMOSEXUAL ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; Off-Color ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Custom/Belief
Tie a diamond ring to a piece of string with the diamond hanging at the lowest point. Hold the string at eye level. Hold it steady and place someone's hand palm down under the diamond. If the ring sways from left to right that is the sign that the expectant mother will have a baby boy. If it sways to and fro, the baby will be a girl.
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Reference
Original BN [F500] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: Shetler, Sue
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; BIRTH ; DIVINATION ; gender ; Old Wives Tale ; Ordaining ; SEX ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): Reference
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Superstition: Pregnancy
Birth Omen:
When you are pregnant, if you thread a needle and hold it over your left arm with your right hand, you can learn what the sex of the child is. If it swings across the arm, it is a boy. If it swings up and down the arm, it is a girl.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Newhard, Thomas
Keyword(s): BIRTH ; CHILD ; DIVINATION ; gender ; Ordaining ; PREGNANCY ; SEX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
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Belief: Animal
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Belief in Oysters:
Oysters make a man sexually potent.
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Original BN [P500, N245.8] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; French, Henry ; 221 Merriweather
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; APHRODISIAC ; BELIEF ; Male ; Oysters ; Potent ; Prowess ; SEX ; Sexuality ; SHELLFISH ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Filter - Mature Content |