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"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN. "YOU DO ?" SAID THE FOOL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
TOM SWIFTY
"I NEED ANOTHER DRINK," SAID TOM DRYLY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WELLERISM
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF MAN OVER
THE TELEPHONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A WELLERISM, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A DEAF
MAN LISTENING AND A BLIND MAN SEEING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
SWIFTIES, TOM
"I HAVE VERY FEW IN MY GARDEN." HE SAID LACKADAISICALLY.
Where learned: WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): LAZY DAISY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
PROVERB
I LIKE HEMINGWAY VERY MUCH, SAID TOM EARNESTLY.
Keyword(s): SINCERITY
James Callow Keyword(s): LITERARY AUTHOR ; METONYMY: AUTHOR FOR HIS BOOKS ; PUN ON ERNEST HEMINGWAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
TOM SWIFTY
"I LOST MY CRUTCH," TOM SAID LAMELY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRIPPLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; WEAKLY INEFFECTUALLY UNSATISFACTORILY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
TOM SWIFTIE
I'M A PLUMBER HE PIPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIS HOME ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOB
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SAID
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
TOM SWIFTY
"I'M NOT FULL OF HOT AIR," HE BELLOWED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON BELLOWS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
SWIFTIE
"I'M VERY FOND OF LAMB CHOPS," HE SAID SHEEPISHLY.
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN MEEKLY EMBARRASSEDLY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WELLERISM
BY GEORGE, SAID PAUL, WHILE SITTING ON THE JOHN. WHERE DID MY
RING GO?
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A WELLERISM-LIKE DEVICE SINCE THERE IS NO HUMOROUS
QUOTATION FOLLOWING. IT IS ALSO SIMILAR TO A TOM SWIFTIE, BUT
THERE IS NO ADVERBIAL PUN. THIS SAYING CONTAINS ALL FOUR OF THE
BEATLES' NAMES - GEORGE, PAUL, JOHN, RINGO - INCORPORATED IN ONE
SENTENCE. JOHN IS USED AS A SLANG FOR TOILET. GEORGE IS USED AS
A SIGN OF EXCLAMATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME (GEORGE) IN EXCLAMATION ; SLANG: JOHN FOR TOILET
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-00-1980
"TOM SWIFTIES"
THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE, TOM SAID SHAKILY.
I HOPE I DON'T BLOW THIS GRADE, SAID TOM EXPLOSIVELY.
Submitter comment:
I MUST ADMIT THAT I MANUFACTURED THE SECOND SWIFTY BUT, IN CONCLUD-
ING THIS PROJECT I FELT A NEED FOR A GENERALIZED RESIGNATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-05-1980
"SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF MUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
What did the monkey say when it backed into the
fan? "It won't be long now."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LENNON
James Callow Keyword(s): Wellerism posed as a riddle
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
I want to buy a brassier she said flatly.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): Pun on flat-chested
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PROVERB
"BE VERY QUIET," THE TRAVELER SAID
AS HE PASSED THE CEMETERY AT NIGHT,
"WE MIGHT AWAKEN THE DEAD."
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.500 PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
PROVERB
CALL ME PICKLE, 'CAUSE I'M A DILLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
NOT GIVEN
CONFUCIUS SAY MAN WHO LAY WOMAN ON GROUND HAVE PEACE ON EARTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
CONFUCIUS SAY WOMAN WHO FLY UPSIDE DOWN HAVE CRACK-UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM
"EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS," SAID THE OLD WOMAN AS SHE
WET IN THE OCEAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
WELLERISM
"EVERYBODY TO HIS OWN LIKING," AS THE OLD LADY SAID WHEN SHE
KISSED THE CALF.
Submitter comment:
EVERYBODY ELSE KISSED HIM IN THE MOUTH, AND SHE RAISED UP HIS
TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 07-23-1968