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RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CATCH A SQUIRREL?
ACT LIKE A NUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
NITWIT
HE HAS BATS IN HIS BELFREY.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR ; INSANITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
DON'T PUT YOUR HAIR IN RUNNING WATER OR IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 8621 DUMBARTON ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
THE MAD SAILOR
IF A SAILOR GOES MAD ON A TRIP, HE CAN BE CURED BY TYING HIM TO
THE MAIN MAST DURING A STORM.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
STORY OF ROB BACKUS
I HEARD THIS STORY FROM A GUY NAMED ROB BACKUS IN 1969. HE LIVED
IN A HOUSE WHERE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME. ROB TOLD A STORY ONE TIME
ABOUT HOW HE GOT OUT OF THE U.S. NAVY. ROB WAS A SEAMAN ON A
NAVY SHIP AND HE WAS GROWING MORE DISCONTENTED WITH LIFE IN THE
NAVY. ONE DAY HE WENT TO A MUSIC STORE AND BOUGHT A SAXOPHONE.
THE NEXT DAY IN THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE REVILLE HE CLIMBED TO
THE TOP OF THE MAST OF THE SHIP. WHEN THE SAILORS WERE ASSEMBLED
FOR REVILLE HE STARTED BLOWING ON THE SAXOPHONE. THEY FINALLY
GOT HIM TO COME DOWN, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, HE WAS DISCHARGED
FROM THE NAVY. HE HAD NEVER PLAYED A SAXOPHONE BEFORE THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY HAPPENED DURING THE VITENAM WAR ERA, AND IT WAS
GRATIFYING TO ME TO KNOW THAT ONE PERSON THAT I KNEW HAD BEEN ABLE
TO SAVE HIS LIFE FROM THE PERILS OF VIETNAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
James Callow Keyword(s): FEIGNED INSANITY TO GET OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
THERE'S A SCREW LOOSE IN THE UPPER STORY.
Submitter comment: LAME BRAIN
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Story
The recruit would go around the base in a constant search looking for a piece of paper. He would go through elaborate to attract attention [sic]. He would turn over rocks, pick up other pieces of paper or what have you. After each act he would exclaim "no, that's not it!" Finally he got the attention of the camp doctors who then had him confined. Finally the doctors deemed him unfit for service and gave him a medical discharge. Then the guy said he finally found the right piece of paper.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bogg Number [B600] crossed out and replaced with B646
Keyword(s): Discharge ; FEIGNED INSANITY TO GET OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE. ; Fool ; INSANITY ; INSANITY ; Mental Disorder ; MILITARY ; Parable ; Recruit ; Sanity ; Wise Fool
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic |