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JOKE
"THERE IS THE ALAMO," SAID THE PROUD TEXAN TO HIS FRIEND
FROM BOSTON. "THAT RUIN IS WHERE ONLY 136 TEXANS HELD OFF
15,000 OF SANTA ANA'S ARMY FOR FOUR DAYS. DID YOU EVER
HAVE ANY HEROES LIKE THAT IN MASSACHUSETTS?" "WELL, I
SHOULD SAY WE DID!" ANSWERED THE BOSTONIAN. "WE HAD PAUL
REVERE, FOR EXAMPLE." "PAUL REVERE!" SNORTED THE TEXAN.
"DO YOU MEAN THAT FELLOW WHO HAD TO RIDE TO GET HELP?"
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 05-00-1990
PROVERB
THE MORE THEY HAVE THE LESS THEY ARE WORTH.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF MATERIAL THINGS OR WEALTH
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RATHER SHALLOW, NOT SO WORTHWHILE
INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE THEY PUT SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON
MATERIAL THINGS.
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
JOKE
A WEALTHY TEXAN SAUNTERED INTO AN ART GALLERY DURING A
TRIP TO EUROPE, SELECTED SEVERAL PAINTINGS BY VAN GOGH AND
REMBRANDT, AND PAID FOR THEM ON THE SPOT. THE ART DEALER
WAS QUITE OVERWHELMED. "WHERE SHALL I HAVE THESE
DELIVERED?" HE ASKED. "OH, WELL I'M JUST GO TAKE 'EM WIT
ME," SAID THE TEXAN. "I PROMISED THE FOLKS BACK HOME I'D
SEND 'EM SOME POSTCARDS."
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-00-1990
At Austin College in Sherman, Texas, when someone is accepted into medical school they are thrown (fully-clothed) into one of the fountains on campus.
Submitter comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant probably first learned this in Sherman, Texas.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TEXAS ; NASHVILLE ; HOUSTON ; Austin College
James Callow Keyword(s): Initiation
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |