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JEWISH JOKE
ANOTHER NAME FOR A (SIC) ADDING MACHINE IS A JEWISH TYPEWRITER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-SEMITISM ; MONEY-MINDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
TANGLE TALK
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE
UNTIL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU
FOR IF YOU TROUBLE TROUBLE
YOU'LL DOUBLE TROUBLE
AND TROUBLE OTHERS TOO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; INVOLVEMENT ; MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
FORMULA
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO KNOW SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING TO TELL
THAT PERSON YOURSELF, YOU MENTION IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO IN
TURN PROMISES TO PUT A BUG IN HIS EAR, IN OTHER WORDS TO
MENTION IT TO THAT OTHER PERSON.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL: INSECT ; REMINDER PROD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
Proverb
An idle mind is the devils workshop.
Submitter comment:
Source not remembered
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Found in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: Hayes, Mrs
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An Old Saying:
An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
Submitter comment:
Sister claims to have heard this from her novice mistress in 1948.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sister Elizabeth Ann ; Saint Frederick Convent ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An idle mind is the Devil's workshop
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: Moran, Giorgene
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Play on Words
Nudist Colony:
There once was a girl who got kicked out of a nudist colony becasue she had something on her mind.
Submitter comment:
A joke widely circulated at Sacred Heart Seminary.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Keyword(s): Girl ; HUMOR ; Mind ; Nude ; Nudist Colony ; PUN ; Thought
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman |
Retort
I've changed my mind.
Retort: "Good. Does it work better now?"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Retort?
Where learned: Rivard, George
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; Mind ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Out of sight - out of mind.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; Grywalski, Stella ; 6627 Whitefield
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Mind ; PROVERB ; See ; Sight ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |