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BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER,
AND SO DO PIGS AND SWINE;
RATS AND MICE DO HAVE THEIR CHOICE,
AND SO DO I HAVE MINE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM PROVERBIAL RETORT ANIMALS ; METER: IAMBIC ; MONOLOGUE QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
"IN RESPONSE TO THE OVERUSED GREETING AMONG FRIENDS OF "WHAT'S THE
WORD" WE OFTEN REPLY WITH "LEGS" " SPREAD THE WORD."
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
A BOTTLE OF INK
INK, /INK, A BOTTLE OF INK
THE CORK FELL OUT
AND YOU STINK.
Submitter comment: REPLY GIVEN BY A CHILD TO A PERSON HE IS ANGRY WITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19793 GOULBURN
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT INSULT BODY ODOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
WHEN WE WERE KIDS WE USED TO SAY THIS WHEN CALLED NAMES BY OTHERS:
"I'M RUBBER, YOU'RE GLUE. WHATEVER YOU SAY BOUNCES OFF ME AND STICKS
TO YOU."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
RIDDLE
IF YOU'RE SO SMART ANSWER ME HOW MANY SIDES DOES A TREE HAVE?
TWO, OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT (Q) ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
PROVERB
WHEN I WAS LEAVING TO COME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT I TOLD MY
GIRLFRIEND THAT ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. SHE REPLIED
WITH "OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND."
Submitter comment: TOLD IN JERSEY CITY IN DECEMBER, 1967
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RETORT ; SYMBOL ; THINK IT OVER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GRAFFITI
LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD.
Data entry tech comment:
INFORMANT ASSUMED TO BE THE COLLECTOR.
FOUR-LETTER WORDS WERE KNOWN AS SWEAR WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED IN LAVATORY
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
GRAFFITI
IF GOD IS DEAD THEN HE MUST BE IN HEAVEN.
Where learned: MENS LAVATORY
Keyword(s): RETORT RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GRAFFITI
SMILE: YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA
Data entry tech comment: THIS SAYING THRIVES FROM A TV SHOW PRODUCED BY ALAN FUNT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEVISION SHOWS RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
IN GERMANY THEY HAVE MANY COFFEE HOUSES, SOMETHING THEY DON'T
HAVE HERE. ANYHOW, ONE DAY A YOUNG MAN WENT INTO THIS COFFEE HOUSE
AND HAPPENED TO SIT DOWN ACROSS FROM A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. HE WAS
ASTOUNDED BY HER BEAUTY AND COULDN'T KEEP HIS EYES OFF OF HER. SHE
NOTICED HE KEPT STARING AT HER BUT SHE PAYED NO ATTENTION TO HIM.
ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH HER, HE SAID: "EXCUSE ME
FOR STARING BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A WOMAN AS BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY AS
YOU IN MY LIFE."
TO THIS SHE REPLIED, "I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T SAY THE SAME THING
ABOUT YOU."
NOT TO BE OUTDONE, THE YOUNG MAN THEN MADE THIS REPLY: "YOU
SHOULD DO WHAT I DO THEN, SAY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU THINK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SURPISE ENDING RETORT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
NAME CALLING
WHEN CHILDREN GET INTO ARGUEMENTS, AMONG THEMSELVES
AND THE NAME CALLING BEGINS,
THEY CHANT
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA02001980
NAME CALLING
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA02001980
GREEK RETORT
THE MULE CALLS THE CHICKEN-FAT HEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED TO TELL SOMEONE OFF WHEN THEY ARE YOU TO
DO OR SAY SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): GREEK LANGUAGE RETORT IS ON 5 X 8 CARD. ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU TELL 'EM, SAUSAGE, YOU GOT THE GUTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001920S
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
IF YOU EVER PASS A CHESTNUT TREE
LOOK AT A NUT AND THINK OF ME}
IF YOU EVER PASS A CHESTNUT TREE
Submitter comment: BOOK NOT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN (1959-1960)
Where learned: NONE GIVEN
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; HUMOR ; INDIRECTION ; METER: TROCHEES ; NUT ; REMEMBRANCE ; RETORT ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
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Some people don't believe fat meat is greasy.
Submitter comment:
This means that you are making a true statement but someone
is doubting you.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Retort to skeptic
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
I'M RUBBER, YOU'RE GLUE
EVERYTHING YOU SAY
BOUNCES OFF ME
AND STICKS TO YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FORMULA SPEECH
WHAT ABOUT THE SAYING, WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD SAY "HEY YOU!"; YOU
USED TO SAY, "SAVE THE HAY FOR LITTLE JESUS."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
WHEN SOMEONE STARTS CALLING YOU NAMES, HOLD YOUR
HAND FLAT, PALM TOWARD HIM, AND CALL "MIRROR,
WHATEVER YOU SAY YOU ARE."
Submitter comment: GESTURE IS USED TO IMITATE A MIRROR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 00-00-1964