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DRUNKS
A DRUNK MAN WAS LOST, SO HE CALLED HOME AND TOLD HIS
WIFE TO PICK HIM UP. WHEN SHE ASKED HIM WHERE HE WAS,
HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK. HE CAME BACK AND SAID, "I'M
AT THE CORNER OF "WALK" AND "DON'T WALK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
CIRCUS-SHOW BUSINESS STORY
A WEALTHY YOUNG MAN DISAPPEARED FROM HIS HOME AND HIS
INFLUENTIAL PARENTS HIRED NUMEROUS DETECTIVES TO LOCATE
HIM. FINALLY, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, THEY FOUND HIM,
NOTIFIED THE PARENTS. THE PARENTS RUSHED TO THE
LOCATION AND FOUND THE BRIGHT YOUNG MAN EMPLOYED BY A
CIRCUS. HE WAS ASKED WHY HE LEFT HOME AND STATED HIS
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CIRCUS WAS THE MOTIVE. HE LOOKED
FAR FROM BEING PROSPEROUS, SO THE PARENTS WERE CURIOUS.
THEY ASKED HIM THE NATURE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE
HE LOOKED LIKE A BUM, DIRTY, UNSHAVEN, DISAPPATED.
HE SAID EVER SINCE HE JOINED THE CIRCUS, HE HAS BEEN
EMPLOYED FEEDING THE ELEPHANTS. HIS PARENTS WERE
SHOCKED. THEY IMPLORED HIM TO COME HOME, LIVE IN THEIR
MANSION, DRIVE ANY OF THEIR SEVERAL LIMOSINES, BECOME AN
EXECUTIVE IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS, AND SHARE IN THE
FORTUNE THEY HAVE SET ASIDE FOR HIM. HE WAS AMAZED.
HE SAID, "GO BACK TO ALL THAT AND LEAVE SHOW BUSINESS?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 01-15-1967
THE PROUD ONE
ONCE THERE WAS A VERY RICH LADY. SHE HAD SERVANTS,
MAIDS, AND A NURSEMAID FOR HER BABY. ONE DAY, THE
NURSEMAID HAD TO GO SHOPPING, AND THE LADY HAD TO CHANGE
THE BABY'S DIAPER. THE LADY HATED TO DO THAT, BECAUSE
IT WAS DISTASTEFUL TO HER (ONA SIE BRZYDZILA), BUT SHE
HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE THE NURSEMAID WAS NOT THERE.
WHILE SHE WAS WIPING THE BABY'S BOTTOM, SHE GOT SOME
"DIRT" ON HER FINGER. THEN SHE BEGAN TO SCREAM AND
CALL FOR HER MANSERVANT, "COME, QUICK, AND BRING
YOUR AX AND CUT THIS FINGER OFF, BECAUSE I CAN'T
STAND TO LOOK AT IT!" BUT HE KNEW THE LADY WELL,
SO HE TOLD HER TO PUT HER FINGER ON THE "KLOCEK"
(BLOCK) AND HE JUST HIT IT WITH THE DULL SIDE OF THE
AX. THE LADY, FROM PAIN, PUT THE WHOLE FINGER IN
HER MOUTH AND THE MANSERVANT LAUGHED, SAYING, "WHAT
A LADY!"
Submitter comment:
THIS HAS BEEN TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH LANGUAGE.
I HEARD THE STORY ORIGINALLY WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15,
AND THEN AGAIN MORE RECENTLY FROM THE INFORMANT
(A RELATIVE) WHO ASKED THAT I DON'T USE HIS NAME..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
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