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PROVERB: CAT
HAPPY AS A CAT IN A CREAMERY.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DENOTE EXTREME HAPPINESS OF A PERSON OR ANIMAL IN A GIVEN
CIRCUMSTANCE.
INFORMANT USED THIS WHEN HE SAW HIS SECRETARY WAS VERY HAPPY. HE
LEARNED WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 170 CARLSON ; WESTLAND ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
RIDDLE QUESTION: CLOCK
"WHAT IS IT WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 13?"
ANSWER: "TIME TO BUY A NEW CLOCK."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS JUST HAVING FUN BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE IS
NO CLOCK THAT WILL INFORM YOU THAT IT IS 13 O'CLOCK.
INFORMANT LEARNED IT AT WORK.
Where learned: HOME ; 170 CARLSON
Keyword(s): RIDDLE JOKE: CLOCKS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
QUESTION RIDDLE
"WHAT IS THE LONGEST WORD IN THE DICTIONARY?"
"THE WORD `SMILE'." THE WORD "MILE" IS FOUND BETWEEN THEM TWO "S'S."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO OTHER WORD IN THE DICTIONARY
THAT IN A "MILE" LONG. HE HEARD IT AT WORK.
Where learned: 170 CARLSON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-29-1971