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RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT HAS FOUR WHEELS AND FLIES?
A GARBAGE TRUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; INSECTS: FLIES ; PUN ON FLY (INSECT) AND FLY (VERB)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT DID BEN FRANKLIN SAY WHEN HE DISCOVERED ELECTRICITY?
HOW SHOCKING}
Where learned: HOME ; 2319 TROMBLEY
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ; HISTORICAL ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHAT WAS THE ELEPHANT DOING ON THE HIGHWAY?
OH, ABOUT TEN MILES AN HOUR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: ELEPHANTS ; RIDDLE JOKE: ELEPHANT JOKE
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON DOING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
FLY RIDDLE
THERE ARE THREE FLIES IN THE KITCHEN. WHICH ONE IS THE FOOTBALL
PLAYER? THE ONE IN THE SUGAR BOWL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): FLIES ; PUN ON SUGAR BOWL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
FLY RIDDLE
THERE ARE THREE FLIES ON THE WINDOW. WHICH ONE IS THE MOVIE STAR?
THE ONE ON THE SCREEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): FLIES ; PUN ON SCREEN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
FLY RIDDLE
THERE ARE THREE FLIES IN THE BATHROOM. WHICH ONE IS THE DRUG
ADDICT? THE ONE ON THE POT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON POT (FOR MARIHUANA)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
FLY RIDDLE
THERE ARE THREE FLIES IN THE SNOW. WHICH ONE IS THE MILLIONAIRE?
THE ONE IN THE BANK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON BANK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
FLY RIDDLE
THERE ARE THREE FLIES IN THE KITCHEN. WHICH ONE IS THE COWBOY?
THE ONE ON THE RANGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON RANGE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
ITALIAN JOKE
AN ITALIAN PAWNBROKER DIED THE OTHER DAY, AND NOW HIS WIFE IS A
"LOAN" WIDOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ITAL |
Date learned: 02-25-1982
O'LEARY'S BAR
TWAS A COLD WINTER'S EVENING, THE GUESTS WERE ALL LEAVING,
O'LEARY WAS CLOSING THE BAR.
WHEN HE TURNED AND HE SAID TO THE LADY IN RED,
GET OUT, YOU CAN'T STAY ANY MORE.
SHE WEPT A SAD TEAR IN HER BUCKET OF BEER,
AS SHE THOUGHT OF THE COLD NIGHT AHEAD,
WHEN A DAPPER PHI KAPPER STEPPED OUT OF THE CRAPPER,
AND THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT HE SAID.
"HER MOTHER NEVER TOLD HER THE THINGS A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD KNOW,
ABOUT THE WAYS OF COLLEGE MEN, AND HOW THEY COME AND GO--
MOSTLY COME.
NOW AGE HAS TAKEN HER BEAUTY, AND SIN HAS LEFT ITS SAD SCAR,
SO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHERS BOYS, AND LET HER SLEEP UNDER THE BAR."
NEXT TO THE GIN, IN SOUTHERN COMFORT, WITH HIRAM WALKER,
AND THERE WAS GRANNY SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR,
WITHOUT HER NIGHTY, AND GRAMPA YELLING MORE, MORE, MORE.
SHE WORE PAJAMAS.
Submitter comment: SLANG: CRAPPER FOR RESTROOM
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNS ON WHISKEY NAMES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
"SANFORD; THE BEST LITTLE TOWN BY A DAM SITE"
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM I SAW ON MY WAY UP NORTH, POSTED BY THE HIGHWAY.
THE TOWN OF SANFORD WAS BUILT AROUND AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE
THAT WAS FORMED WHEN A RIVER WAS DAMMED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SANFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A DOPE RING IN POLAND? SIX
POLLOCKS STANDING AROUND IN A CORNER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN: DOPE MEANING NUMSKULL AND NARCOTICS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT'S A JEWISH WOMAN'S FAVORITE WINE? WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO MIAMI!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): FLORIDA ; PUN ON WHINE
| Subject headings: | JEWI |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY DID THEY STOP THE LEPER HOCKEY GAME IN THE SECOND
HALF? BECAUSE THERE WAS A FACE OFF IN THE CORNER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SICK JOKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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A FAMILY HAD A BABY WITH ONLY ONE LEG. WHAT DID
THEY CALL HER. ILENE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): I LEAN ; PUN ; SICK JOKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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A FAMILY HAD A BOY WITH NO LEGS, WHAT DID THEY CALL HIM?
THEY CALLED HIM NEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): KNEEL ; PUN ; SICK JOKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
DIVORCE JOKE
MY WIFE'S COFFEE IS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.
Submitter comment:
I'VE HEARD THIS ON THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW IN CALIFORNIA,
HEARD IT AT THE PLACE WHERE I WORK, AND PLACES WHERE
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIVORCES AND SEPARATIONS; IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON COFFEE GROUNDS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1983
SHAGGY DOG STORY
A MAD SCIENTIST WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF A FOUL-MOUTHED
CLONE HE HAD CREATED BY SHOVING THE CLONE OUT OF A WINDOW.
THUS THE SCIENTIST WAS MAKING AN OBSCENE CLONE FALL.
Submitter comment: READ THIS SOMEWHERE IN THE DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON OBSCENE PHONE CALL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1983
LEADER: YOUR MOTHER WAS THERE WHEN YOU LEFT.
TROOPS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
LEADER: YOUR FATHER WAS THERE WHEN YOU LEFT.
TROOPS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
LEADER: YOUR SISTER WAS THERE WHEN YOU LEFT.
TROOPS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
LEADER: YOUR BROTHER WAS THERE WHEN YOU LEFT.
TROOPS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
LEADER: JODY WAS THERE WHEN YOU LEFT.
TROOPS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
LEADER: THAT'S THE REASON YOU LEFT.
TROOPS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
Submitter comment:
NATURALLY, THE WORDS "LEFT" AND "RIGHT" FALL IN TIME WITH
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MARCHING TROOPS.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; TEXAS ; FORT LEONARD WOOD ; FORT SAM ; HOUSTON
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Date learned: 06001983-11001983
A MAN WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR SIXTY DAYS WITH THE CONDITION
THAT HE WOULD BE RELEASED AFTER 30 DAYS IF HE COULD STAY
ALIVE THAT LONG WITH NOTHING TO EAT. THE ONLY PERSON
WHO VISITED HIM DURING THAT TIME WAS HIS DAUGHTER.
AFTER 30 DAYS HE APPEARED HEALTHY AND HAPPY BEFORE THE
JUDGE WHO ASKED HIM HOW HE DID IT. THE MAN REPLIED WITH
THIS RIDDLE: I WAS A BABY AND BECAME A MAN AND BECAME
A BABY AGAIN. THE DAUGHTER WHO VISITED HIM IN PRISON
WAS NURSING HER BABY AT THE TIME AND KEPT HER FATHER
ALIVE THE SAME WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1930