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2 SWEET
2 DRINK
4 ROSES
Data entry tech comment:
Updated 11.10.13 by TRD
James Callow comment:
WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM.
4 Roses is a wine/whiskey
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Wordplay, Mathematics, Addition, Slang
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
2 YOUNG
2 DRINK
4 ROSES
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 11.10.13 by TRD
James Callow comment:
WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
4 Roses is a wine/whiskey
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Wordplay, Pun, Addition, Mathematics
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FRIENDSHIPS ARE MANY, BUT FRIENDS ARE FEW.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
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JOKE
THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD A WOODEN EYE. BECAUSE OF HIS WOODEN EYE,
HE WAS NOT TOO CONFIDENT. ONE NIGHT HIS FRIENDS COAXED HIM TO COME
TO A DANCE WITH THEM. OVER IN THE CORNER HE SAW A GIRL SITTING.
HE COULD SEE THAT SHE WAS NOT TOO PRETTY AND SHE HAD A HARELIP.
WELL, HE FIGURED HE WAS NO HOTSHOT HIMSELF WITH HIS WOODEN EYE.
SO HE WENT OVER AND ASKED HER, "WOULD YOU CARE TO DANCE?" --
"WOULD I? WOULD I?" SHE SHOUTED. "HARELIP, HARELIP"
HE SHOUTED BACK.
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CHAPTER 3 IN "WITCRACKS" BY ALVIN SCHWARTZ
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): DANCE ; DIALOGUE ; HUMOR ; METONYMY ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Language
Grace Parody:
Our Heavenly Fahter
Holy Ghost
Whoever eats the fastest
Gets the most!
Submitter comment:
Found in autograph book from the 1880's
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Eat ; GRACE ; JOKE ; Language ; PARODY ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PRAYER ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
NOT GIVEN
I PHELTA DELTA
I ATA BETA
I PHELTA THIGH
Submitter comment:
THESE ARE FICTITIOUS SORORITY NAMES WHICH ALL COLLEGE
BOYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN, AS HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER
AND SAW.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS AN INTERNAL CONTRADICTION HERE. A BLIND MAN CANNOT
SEE. SO THE PERSON WHO UTTERS THIS STATEMENT MEANS THAT HE
DOESN'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): IRONY WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
ROAMIN (ROMAN) HANDS AND RUSHIN (RUSSIAN) FINGERS!
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WATCH OUT FOR FALLING ROCK, HE'S BOLDER THAN YOU THINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU PAST (PASS) THE SIGN ON THE
HIGHWAY THAT SAYS "WATCH FOR FALLING ROCK" OR "FALLEN ROCK
ZONE." FIRST YOU READ THE SIGN OUT LOUD, THEN SAY "WATCH
OUT . . . ." AND THEN LAUGH REAL LOUD. EVERYBODY ELSE
GOES "OHHHHH." GIVEN TO ME BY LYNN FISHER, WHEN SHE WAS
NINE YEARS OLD, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 1968 SUMMER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
Play on Words
Play on Words:
Paradox: Casey and Kildare...
(Pair of doc's)
Submitter comment:
Val Zelnick. Heard long ago in grade-school. It is a way of remembering the word and its meaning, besides being a play on words.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S300] crossed out. Nothing is written to replace it.
Submission card located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ; Zelnick, Valentine
Keyword(s): Doctors ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; PARADOX ; SATIRE OF DOCTORS ; Wit ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech |
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Fun
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
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.)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN [S682] submitted by TRD
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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Parody on a Proper Name
Sister Edith Kathleen was discussing current novels one day in our English class when she asked "Have you heard the latest book, 'Catch Her in the Raw? (A parody on the book Cathcher in the Rye)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S580] crossed out. Nothing written in place.
Submission card located in pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: Sister Edith Kathleen ; CLASS
Keyword(s): BOOK TITLE ; Classroom ; CLASSROOM HUMOR ; EDUCATION ; LITERATURE ; PARODY ; PUN ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing Filter - Mature Content |
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph Rhyme / Pun:
Who greased the grapevine/
-Tarzan
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Tomlinson, Perry
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Grapevine ; Grease ; poem ; PUN ; Signature ; Tarzan ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till powder puffs
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; PLAY ON WORDS ; Powder ; Puff ; PUN ; Signature ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till the moon turns to cheese and the rats refuse to eat it.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Cheese ; Devotion ; MOON ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Rats ; Signature ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till the windows have pains.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; Pains ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; VERSE ; Windows ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Rhyme:
Yours till the kitchen sinks.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; Kitchen ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; Sink ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Rhyme:
I'm yours till hotdogs have pups and corn have ears.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; CORN ; Dogs ; EARS ; Hot Dogs ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Puppies ; Pups ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Rhyme:
Yours till hairpins get seasick from riding permanent waves.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; HAIR ; Perm ; Permanent ; Pin ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; Wave ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till tennis courts.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Court ; Courts ; Devotion ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; Tennis ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |