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NO WIFE FOR REPLACEMENT
A MAN'S CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. IT BEING INSURED,
HE WENT AT ONCE TO THE INSURANCE OFFICE AND DEMANDED HIS MONEY.
HE WAS GIVEN A FORM TO FILL OUT, AND WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD
NOT GET THE MONEY, BUT THE CAR WOULD BE REPLACED.
"OH," SAID HE, "IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO BUSINESS, I WANT
TO CANCEL MY WIFE'S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY IMMEDIATELY."
Data entry tech comment: ITEM PUNCHED AS IT APPEARED ON CARD
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; INSURANCE ; MARRIAGE ; NONSENSE ; PREPARATION FOR DEATH ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THE BEAVER FAMILY
PAPA BEAVER WAS SAYING GRACE BEFORE SUPPER:
"GOD BLESS MAMA DAM, PAPA DAM, BROTHER DAM, SISTER DAM..."
BABY DAM INTERRUPTED HIM--
"GOD BLESS THE WHOLE DAM FAMILY!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; DAMN ; HUMOR ; PRAYERS ; TALKING ANIMALS ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
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NO TITLE SUPPLIED
DAD: I SURE WISH YOU'D STOP REACHING FOR
THINGS. DON'T YOU HAVE A TONGUE.
SON: YES, BUT MY ARM IS LONGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ABSURD ; CHILDREN ; DIOLOGUE ; EATING ; HUMOR ; PARENTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
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CAT BURIAL JOKE
A WOMAN BROUGHT HER DEAD CAT TO THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH AND
ASKED THE PRIEST TO HAVE A BURIAL SERVICE FOR HIM. THE PRIEST
SAID, "WE DO NOT BURY CATS. YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER
CHURCH." SHE SAID, "I WAS GOING TO SPEND $35,000 ON THE
FUNERAL." THE PRIEST SAID, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOUR CAT WAS
CATHOLIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
Keyword(s): CAT ; CATHOLIC CHURCH ; FUNERAL PREPARATION ; HUMOR ; PRIEST ; RELIGION ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF MERCENARY CATHOLIC PRIESTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
"MOMMY, MOMMY" JOKE
"MOMMY, MOMMY" HOW COME I KEEP RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES?"
"SHUT UP OR, I'LL NAIL YOUR OTHER FOOT TO THE FLOOR"
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT MOMMY, MOMMY JOKES WERE POPULAR IN HIS
CLASS AT SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: CHAPTER 6 IN "WITCRACKS" BY ALVIN SCHWARTZ
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
Keyword(s): ABSURD ; CHILD ; DIALOGUE ; HUMOR ; RUNNING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
TRUE RIDDLE
JUDGE: WHERE WERE YOU ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 30TH?
VICTIM: THERE IS NO FEBRUARY 30TH.
JUDGE: OH SO YOU STOLE THAT TOO.
LEARNED FROM OLDER BROTHER.
Data entry tech comment: CHAPTER 2 IN "WITCRACKS" BY ALVIN SCHWARTZ
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): COURTROOM ; DIALOGUE ; HUMOR ; STEALING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-21-1965
ITALIAN JOKE
ONCE IN AN ITALIAN CHURCH IN ROME, THERE WAS THIS PAINTER PAINTING
THE CEILING OF THE CHURCH. A LADY WALKED IN AND STARTED TO PRAY.
THE PAINTER SAID TO HIMSELF, "I AM GOING TO TELL HER I AM JESUS
CHRIST." SO HE YELLED DOWN, "I AM JESUS CHRIST. KISS THE FLOOR."
THE LADY CONTINUED TO PRAY. AGAIN THE PAINTER SAID, "I AM JESUS
CHRIST. KISS THE FLOOR." AGAIN THE LADY KEPT PRAYING. SO FINALLY
HE YELLED REAL LOUD, "I AM JESUS CHRIST. KISS THE FLOOR." THE LADY
LOOKED UP AND REPLIED, "SHUT UP. I'M TALKING TO YOUR MOTHER."
Where learned: TOLD AT ST HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 02-17-1972
JOKE
A MAN JOINS THE ARMY AND WANTS A THREE DAY PASS AND HE GOES TO HIS
CAPTAIN AND THE CAPTAIN SAYS "YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET. WHEN
YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING THEN COME BACK AND ASK FOR A THREE DAY PASS."
SO HE WENT OUT AND COMES BACK WITH A GERMAN TANK AND THE CAPTAIN
SAYS "WOW, HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" AND THE SOLDIER SAYS "WELL, I SAW
THIS GERMAN IN A TANK AND I GOT OUT OF MY TANK AND I SAID 'HEY DO
YOU WANT A THREE DAY PASS' SO WE TRADED TANKS."
Keyword(s): HUMOR DRAFT-DODGING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ANOTHER NUN'S STORY
ONE DAY A VERY YOUNG SISTER WAS TEACHING IN HER NEW FIRST GRADE ROOM
ONE OF THE LITTLE BOYS IN HER ROOM CAME TO HER DESK AND SAID THAT HE
DID NOT FEEL WELL. SISTER TOLD HIM TO RETURN TO HIS PLACE AND
PERHAPS HE MIGHT FEEL BETTER IN A FEW MINUTES. A FEW MINUTES LATER
THE LITTLE BOY RETURNED TO THE DESK AND SAID THAT HE WAS STILL SICK.
HE HAD A "TUMMY ACHE." SISTER ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW WHERE THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WAS. THE BOY SAID THAT HE DID AND WAS SENT TO SE
THE PRINCIPAL. MM
SISTER HAPPENED TO TURN AROUND A FEW MINUTES LATER AND SEE THE SAME
BOY SEATED IN HIS SEAT WITH HIS SHIRT UNBUTTONED. QUICKLY SHE WENT
OVER TO HIM AND ASKED IF HE HAD GONE TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. HE
SAID THAT HE HAD AND THAT SHE TOLD HIM TO STICK IT OUT UNTIL LUNCH
TIME.
Data entry tech comment:
KEYPUNCHER CHANGED THE SPELLING OF PRINCIPLE TO PRINCIPAL.
TUMMY ACHE AND STICK IT WERE UNDERLINED.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PLAYING SICK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IN GERMANY THEY HAVE MANY COFFEE HOUSES, SOMETHING THEY DON'T
HAVE HERE. ANYHOW, ONE DAY A YOUNG MAN WENT INTO THIS COFFEE HOUSE
AND HAPPENED TO SIT DOWN ACROSS FROM A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. HE WAS
ASTOUNDED BY HER BEAUTY AND COULDN'T KEEP HIS EYES OFF OF HER. SHE
NOTICED HE KEPT STARING AT HER BUT SHE PAYED NO ATTENTION TO HIM.
ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH HER, HE SAID: "EXCUSE ME
FOR STARING BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A WOMAN AS BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY AS
YOU IN MY LIFE."
TO THIS SHE REPLIED, "I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T SAY THE SAME THING
ABOUT YOU."
NOT TO BE OUTDONE, THE YOUNG MAN THEN MADE THIS REPLY: "YOU
SHOULD DO WHAT I DO THEN, SAY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU THINK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SURPISE ENDING RETORT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
OUTSIDER'S LAMENT
I FELT LIKE A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH PICNIC~
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): Anecdote ; DIET ; Exclusion ; FOOD ; Jest ; Jewish ; Left-out ; METAPHOR ; Pork ; RELIGION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
JEST ANECDOTE
I ONCE KNEW A MAN SO OLD HE WAS OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LA MARIPOSITA
ONE DAY, A LITTLE MARIPOSITA, VOLE QUE VOLE AROUND THE GARDEN,
DE REPENTE, SHE ASUOTO, WHEN SHE ASOTO, SHE REFLECCIONO, OH, WHAT
TONTA I AM, I FORGET TO OPEN MIS ALITAS.
Submitter comment:
THIS JOKE IS AIMED AT THE PEOPLE OF BORDER AREAS BETWEEN THE U.S. &
MEXICO. THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLED POCHOS, BECAUSE THEY ARE OF NEITHER
COUNTRY. THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK IS A MIXTURE OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH
AND ONLY THEY UNDERSTAND IT. THIS JOKE, THEREFORE HAS NO MEANING
OR GIST IF TRANSLATED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Where learned: MEXICO ; CD VALLES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1977