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HOLLANDER JOKE

WHY DO HOLLANDERS MAKE THEIR WEDDING CAKES OUT OF SHIT?
TO KEEP THE FLIES OFF THE BRIDE.

Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): DUTCH ; OBSCENE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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HOLLANDER JOKE

WHY DO HOLLANDERS' CASKETS HAVE TWO HANDLES?
IT'S EASIER TO DUMP IT IN THE GARBAGE TRUCK THAT WAY.

Submitter comment:

HE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): DUTCH ; ETHNIC

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-07-1967

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ITALIAN JOKE

WHY DOES TIME GO BY SO FAST IN ITALY?
EVERY TIME YOU LOOK UP A DAY-GOES BY.

Submitter comment:

HE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): DAGO SLANG ; ETHNIC

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-07-1967

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ITALIAN JOKE

HOW DO ITALIAN CARS SOUND?
DEY GO AND DEY-GO...WHEN THEY GET A FLAT THEY GO WOP-WOP-WOP

Submitter comment:

HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; SLANG NAME

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-07-1967

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SILLY STORY

WHAT IS GREEN WITH LITTLE PURPLE WHEELS ALL OVER IT?
GRASS, I LIED ABOUT THE WHEELS.

Submitter comment: HEARD FROM AT LEAST TWO SOURCES AT
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT UNION

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): COLOR

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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BAD BIRD

WHAT IS BLACK, SITS IN A TREE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS?
A CROW WITH A MACHINE GUN.

Submitter comment: HEARD FROM AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES AT
UNIV. OF DETROIT, APRIL, 1962

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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ELEPHANT STORY

WHY DO ELEPHANTS HAVE TRUNKS?
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GLOVE COMPARTMENTS.

Submitter comment: HEARD IN STUDENT UNION AT UOF D-1963

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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THE BIBLE

WHY SHOULDN'T YOU READ THE BIBLE?
BECAUSE THE HERO DIES IN THE MIDDLE.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): HISTORICAL ; RELIGION

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 01-00-1965

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RECOGNITION

HOW CAN YOU TELL GOD FROM THE OTHER SPIRITS IN HEAVEN?
HE HAS A BIG "G" ON HIS SWEATSHIRT.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): RELIGION

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 01-00-1965

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THE OLD COUPLE

THERE WAS AN OLD COUPLE, THE FATHER'S NAME WAS FERDINAND,
THE MOTHER'S NAME WAS MELIZA. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER
AND CALLED HER FERTILIZER.
WHAT DID THEY DO WITH HER?
THEY SPREAD HER ALL OVER THE GRASS.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 01-00-1965

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SICK JOKE

WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU MIX VODKA AND PRUNE JUICE?
A PILE-DRIVER
THAT STINKS}

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS ON CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-16-1965

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RIDDLE

DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE TEARING DOWN TITAN STADIUM?
THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD HONEYMOON COTTAGES FOR THE PRIESTS.

Data entry tech comment: TITAN STADIUM IS A NICKNAME FOR THE UNIV. OF DETROIT'S STADIUM.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): RELIGION CATHOLICISM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-27-1967

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RIDDLE QUESTION

DO YOU KNOW WHY CHRIST NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE?
BECAUSE HE GOT NAILED ON THE BOARDS.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-19-1967

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RIDDLE

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POPE'S FAVORITE SONG IS?
WEDDING BELLS ARE BREAKING UP THIS OLD GANG OF MINE

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-12-1967

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JOKE

WHAT DID ONE TREE SAY TO THE OTHER TREE?
LEAVE

Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM STEVE SELIG AT A PLEDGE MEETING.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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JOKE

WHY DOES A BABY JUST WALK SOFTLY?
BECAUSE IT CAN'T WALK, HARDLY.

Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM RICK BERKFIELD AT A PLEDGE MEETING

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 02-08-1967

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BE GOOD --
ONE MUST DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ALPENA ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): SKILL PERFECTION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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CUSTOM

IF YOU BURN PALM IN THE HOUSE DURING A STORM
IT WILL PROTECT HOUSE AND THOSE INSIDE.

Submitter comment: HEARD BY INFORANT FROM AN OLD AUNT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; STUDIO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color

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Rope Jumping Rime

DONALD DUCK IS A ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK IS A TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK IS A THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED DUCK. DONALD DUCK IS A FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED,
FOUR-LEGGED DUCK.

Submitter comment:

Informant learned this in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, grade school.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 03-30-1967

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SWEEP

IF SOMEONE HAS A GRUDGE AGAINST YOU, DON'T
LET THEM SWEEP DUST UNDER YOUR RUG
BECAUSE THAT IS A SIGN THAT THEY HAVE A FIX ON YOU.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS BUILDING

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Curse

Date learned: 03-05-1971

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