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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK WHO WENT DOWN TO CITY HALL FOR
HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE? IT WAS SO CROWDED HE GOT IN THE WRONG
LINE. NOW HE IS THE ONLY GUY IN THE WORLD MARRIED TO A SUBARU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): SUBARU IS AN AUTOMOBILE, MADE IN JAPAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH WOLF THAT CHEWED OFF THREE LEGS AND
WAS STILL CAUGHT IN THE TRAP?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH ACCOUNTANT WHO ABSCONDED WITH THE
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): THEFT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK WHO STEPPED IN A PILE OF COW
DUNG AND STARTED CRYING? HE THOUGHT HE WAS MELTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH AIRPLANE THAT CRASHED? IT RAN OUT
OF COAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK WHO KEPT LAUGHING WHEN THEY PUT
HIM IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR? HE SAID, "THE JOKE'S ON YOU. YOU'VE
GOT THE WRONG GUY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ELECTROCUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH ATHLETE WHO WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE
OLYMPICS SO HE WENT OUT AND HAD IT BRONZED?
James Callow comment:
IN EARLY 1980 THE PRICE OF GOLD WAS SKYROCKETING, REACHING ALL-TIME
HIGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): IT'S ALSO FALLEN, IN AN UNSTABLE MARKET.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK WHO WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE
TO BECOME A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS? HE SAID HE COULDN'T BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T SEE THE ACCIDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH WOMAN WHO DAD A HYSTERECTOMY SO
SHE WOULD STOP HAVING GRANDCHILDREN?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK WHOSE WIFE HAD TRIPLETS SO HE WENT
OUT LOOKING FOR THE OTHER TWO GUYS?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): CONCEPTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH SURGEON WHO WAS FINALLY FIRED FROM
THE HOSPITAL? IT WASN'T SO MUCH ALL THE PATIENTS HE LOST, IT
WAS THOSE DEEP GASHES HE MADE IN THE OPERATING TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
"WHY DO POLISH PEOPLE'S LAST NAME END IN SKI?"
"BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SPELL TOBAGGEN!"
Submitter comment:
THIS JOKE RELATES TO THE SUPERFICIAL STUPIDITY OF
THE POLISH RACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: CA00001974
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"POLISH OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM."
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHY CAN'T POLAND KEEP A GOOD OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM?
BECAUSE THE PLAYERS ALWAYS DROWN DURING SPRING TRAINING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 11-00-1980
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POLISH LIBRARY
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHAT IS THE SHORTEST BOOK IN ALL OF POLAND?
"WHO'S WHO IN POLISH HISTORY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 11-05-1980
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHAT IS SIMILAR ABOUT A POLISH WOMAN AND A HOCKEY PLAYER?
ANSWER--- THEY BOTH CHANGE UNDERWEAR AFTER 3 PERIODS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF THE GROSSEST POLISH JOKES I HAVE EVER HEARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLOCK LADY WHO TRIED TO RIDE
A MENSTRUAL CYCLE?
Submitter comment:
FOUND BY COLLECTOR ON DESK WHILE TYPING POLISH JOKES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 04-07-1967
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POLAK JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHY WASN'T CHRIST BORN IN POLAND? HE COULDN'T FIND
THREE WISE MEN.
Submitter comment:
LEFT NEXT TO MY TYPEWRITER AS I WAS TYPING OUT
POLISH JOKES IN THE VARSITY NEWS (U. OF D. PAPER)
OFFICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 04-12-1967
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
YOU KNOW HOW A POLOCK TIES HIS SHOES? (INFORMANT THEN
PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A CHAIR AND BENDS DOWN AND
TIES HIS RIGHT SHOE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE CITY ALL THEIR
LIVES, AN ENGLISHMAN, A FRENCHMAN AND A POLE. ONE DAY
THEY ALL WENT INTO THE COUNTRY AND STOPPED AT A FARM.
THERE THEY SAW A GROUP OF PIGS WALLOWING IN SOME MUD,
AND ONE OF THEM SAID, "THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN, LET'S HOP
IN." AFTER THEY WERE IN THE MUD FOR A WHILE, THE
ENGLISHMAN SAID, "PHEW, SOMETHING STINKS," AND HE
LEFT. A LITTLE WHILE LATER THE FRENCHMAN SAID, "WOW,
SOMETHING SURE STINKS," AND LEFT. FINALLY THE PIGS
LEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHY DON'T POLACKS KILL FLIES? THEY'RE THE POLISH NATIONAL
BIRD.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY WALTER COSTEAU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 04-05-1967