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PUN
RUDOLPH, THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS,
AND HIS WIFE WERE GOING OUT ONE BRIGHT DAY, AND RUDY
INSISTED UPON BRINGING ALONG HIS UMBRELLA, DESPITE
HIS WIFE'S PROTESTATIONS THAT IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY
RAIN ON SUCH A FINE DAY.
AN HOUR OR SO LATER, AS THEY WERE WALKING ALONG
FIFTH AVENUE, RUDY SUDDENLY OPENED HIS UMBRELLA
AND HELD IT ALOFT.
"RUDOLPH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" ASKED HIS WIFE.
"RUDOLPH THE RED, KNOWS RAIN DEAR!"
HE RESPONDED.
Submitter comment: HEARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Data entry tech comment: PUN ON SONG: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JEWISH WIT IN HUNGARY
COHEN AND GREENBAUM ARE FRIENDS. COHEN GETS INVITED
TO A PARTY AND GREENBAUM DOESN'T. GREENBAUM BECOMES
JEALOUS. GREENBAUM ASKS COHEN TO TELL HIM HOW THE
PARTY WENT. THE NEXT DAY COHEN TELLS GREENBAUM:
"WELL, IF THE SOUP WOULD HAVE BEEN AS WARM AS THE
WINE AND IF THE WINE WOULD HAVE BEEN AS OLD AS THE
GOOSE AND IF THE GOOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN AS FAT AS THE
HOSTESS, THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD DINNER.
Submitter comment:
SOUP WAS COLD; WINE WAS YOUNG AND WARM; THE GOOSE WAS
OLD AND TOUGH.
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ARMY HUMOR
LST SGT. SAYS SOMETHING FUNNY, SOLDIER LAUGHS,
AND OTHER SGT. SAYS "HEY, SERG. BROWN, THIS GUY THINKS
YOU'RE A COMEDIAN!"
SERG. BROWN: IS THAT TRUE, YOU THINK I'M A COMEDIAN?
SOLDIER: NO SIR.
SERG. BROWN:
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD DURING SERVICE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS TALE IS A MOCK ON HOW CLOSE THE IRISH FAMILIES
ARE.
ONE DAY AN ENGLISHMAN CAME WALKING DOWN THE MAIN
STREET OF DUBLIN. HE HAPPENED TO NOTICE A YOUNG
GIRL ALL DRESSED UP STANDING NEAR THE CURB WITH A
SUITCASE IN HER HAND. ON THE STEPS OF THE BUILDING
BEHIND HER WERE THREE MEN WITH THEIR ARMS AROUND EACH
OTHER, CRYING AND CARRYING ON SOMETHING AWFUL. THE
ENGLISHMAN STOPS, AND ASKS THE GIRL WHAT IS GOING ON. M "OH," SHE SAYS, "THERE HAS BEEN A WEDDING AND THAT IS M
MY NEW HUSBAND SAYING GOODBYE TO HIS FATHER AND
GRANDFATHER."
Submitter comment:
JUDY HEARD THIS TALE FROM JIM CONWAY, AN IRISH
INTERN FROM DUBLIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-27-1965
JOHN: I HEARD SOMETHING THAT OPENED MY EYES THIS
MORNING.
JANE: WHAT'S THAT?
JOHN: THE ALARM CLOCK.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
DAD: HOW ARE YOUR MARKS?
SON: THEY'RE UNDER WATER.
DAD: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
SON: BELOW C LEVEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Entry filtered.
THEY'RE CHANGING THE NAME OF OLD MARINER'S CHURCH TO
WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY SHOTGUN
WEDDINGS THERE.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET
FROM HER, WHOSE NAME IS MRS. PAUL HIRZEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CARPOOL ; EAST SIDE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
PAT AND MIKE JOKE
THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED MIKE (A TYPICAL IRISHMAN) AND HE
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE COULDN'T EAT SAUSAGE ON
FRIDAY, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CONSIDER IT MEAT. SO HE
WENT AND TALKED TO THE PRIEST ABOUT IT AND THE PRIEST
TOLD HIM HE JUST COULDN'T GO ALONG WITH HIM. "BY THE
WAY," HE SAID, "WHERE'S THAT LOAD OF WOOD YOU PROMISED
ME?" SO THE NEXT DAY, MIKE DELIVERED A LOAD OF
SAWDUST. THE PRIEST SAID, "WHAT IS THIS? I WANTED
WOOD." MIKE SAID, "IF SAUSAGE IS MEAT, SAWDUST IS
WOOD."
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GRANDFATHER WHO LEARNED IT
FROM HIS FATHER WHO WAS FROM IRELAND. SHE SAID THAT
IT IS AN OLD IRISH PAT AND MIKE JOKE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
PHILOSOPHICAL WISH
WHAT IF THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME.
Submitter comment:
SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT
UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
POLITICAL COMMENT
END L.B.J.'S WAR OF OPPRESSION AGAINST VIET NAM!
(FOOTNOTE) SOME PEOPLE USE "OPPRESSION" LIKE THIS TO
COVER UP THEIR INHERENT COWARDICE.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN THE STUDENT UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
POLITICAL COMMENT
SOME C.I.A. PEOPLE WRITE TYPICAL BOURGOISE ANECDOTES.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT UNION.
Data entry tech comment: C.I.A.= CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY--VERY UNPOPULAR DURING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
GRAFFITTI -- A POEM
IN DAYS OF OLD WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD,
AND TOILETS WEREN'T INVENTED,
MEN DROPPED THEIR LOADS UPON THE ROADS,
AND WALKED AWAY CONTENTED.
Submitter comment: IN MEN'S TOILET, U. OF. D.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
A PUN
DON'T JUST SHIT THERE, DO SOMETHING.
Submitter comment: IN MEN'S TOILET, U. OF D.
Data entry tech comment: DONT JUST SIT......
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 02-06-1967
ADMINISTRATIVE PUN
E=MC SQUARED
F-. NICE WORK, AL, BUT NEXT TIME SHOW YOUR CALCULATIONS.
Submitter comment:
THIS STATEMENT IS USED BY THE FACULTY ON EXAMINATIONS
INVOLVING CALCULATIONS.
GRAFFITTI
Data entry tech comment: ALBERT EINSTEIN'S THEORY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 02-06-1967
A WARNING.
BEWARE OF THE MASKED SKULKER!
Submitter comment: GRAFFITTI
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 02-06-1967
TWO GIRLS TALKING: FIRST ONE: DO YOU SMOKE AFTER
INTERCOURSE?
SECOND ONE: I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER LOOKED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MIXTURE
WHAT'S THE CROSS BETWEEN A PARROT AND A TIGER?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF IT TALKS YOU BETTER LISTEN.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
PULLING YOUR LEGS
ONE DAY, MY FRIEND AND MYSELF WERE SUPPOSE(D) TO MEET
DOWNTOWN AT THE SHOW. AFTER I WAITED FOR QUITE SOME
TIME, I FIGURED SHE WASN'T COMING, SO I DECIDED TO TAKE
A BUS HOME. BY THIS TIME, IT WAS GETTING DARK OUTSIDE.
AS I GOT OFF THE BUS, I NOTICED ANOTHER MAN GOT OFF ALSO.
IT SOON BECAME EVIDENT THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING ME AND I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A
STORE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY STREET, SO I DECIDED TO STOP
IN THERE AND PERHAPS LOSE HIM. I WAITED A WHILE IN THE
STORE, UNTIL I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE ENOUGH TO LEAVE.
I STARTED WALKING AGAIN AND SURE ENOUGH THE SAME PERSON
WAS FOLLOWING ME. IT WAS JUST A FEW MORE HOUSES UNTIL
I WOULD COME TO MINE, SO I DECIDED TO START RUNNING, AND
SURE ENOUGH, THE MAN IN BACK OF ME STARTED RUNNING
ALSO. I KNEW THAT MY SIDE DOOR OF MY HOUSE WAS OPEN,
SO I DECIDED TO RUN FOR IT. I RAN, THE MAN WAS RIGHT
BEHIND ME. I HURRIEDLY OPENED THE DOOR AND STARTED
RUNNING UP THE STAIRS, BUT SUDDENLY I SLIPPED AND THE
MAN STARTED PULLING MY LEGS!!! JUST LIKE I'M PULLING
YOURS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
COMIC QUESTION--GRAFFITTI
WHY DO BLONDS HAVE MORE FUN?
YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE DARK.
Submitter comment: IN MEN'S JOHN, U. OF D.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 02-08-1967