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BLASON POPULAIRE
A PERSON WHO GETS ALL WRAPPED UP IN HIMSELF MAKES A
VERY SMALL PACKAGE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
TOM SWIFTIE
PICK OUT A NICE PIECE OF MEAT, MOTHER SAID TENDERLY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
BETTER THAN SPANKING
IN THAILAND, MANY PARENTS FEEL THAT INSTEAD OF SPANKING THEIR
CHILDREN, A MORE EFFECTIVE PUNISHMENT FOR A SERIOUS MATTER IS TO
MAKE THE CHILD LIE UNDER THE BED FOR A WHILE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARENTS CHILDREN PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SONG
(G) "WHAT'S YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?"
(B) MY NAME IS LEMME."
(G) "LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?"
(B) " LEMME KISS YA."
(B) "WHAT'S YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?"
(G) "MY NAME IS IDA."
(B) "IDA WHAT LITTLE GIRL?"
(G) "IDA WANTA."
REPEAT VERSE 1
(B) "WHAT'S YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?"
(G) "MY NAME'S ALASKA."
(B) "ALASKA WHAT LITTLE GIRL?"
(G) "ALASKA MY MAMA."
REPEAT VERSE 1
(B) WHAT'S YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
(G) MY NAME IS OLLIE.
(B) OLLIE WHAT LITTLE GIRL?
(G) OLLIE-RIGHT}
(THEY KISS)
Submitter comment: CHILDREN'S SONG TO BE SUNG BY A GIRL AND BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUNS ; PURE DIALOGUE ; QUESTION AND ANSWER STRUCTURE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
WHAT DID THE BIG GUN SAY TO THE LITTLE GUN?
I'LL BE A SON OF A GUN.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): EXCLAMATION ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TUNA FISH AND A PIANO?
YOU CAN'T TUNE A FISH
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
RIDDLE
HOW DO YOU MAKE ANTI-FREEZE?
TAKE HER CLOTHES AWAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
RIDDLE
WHY DOES AN INDIAN WEAR FEATHERS?
TO KEEP HIS WIG WARM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
NO GAMBLER
WHY DIDN'T THEY PLAY CARDS ON NOAH'S ARK?
CAUSE NOAH SAT ON THE DECK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT HE GOT THE "JOKE" FROM HIS ROOMATE,
DAVE PARKER BUT HE WOULD RATHER NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
LOCKED UP
IF YOU WERE LOCKED UP IN A ROOM AND ALL YOU HAD
IN THE ROOM WAS A BED AND A CALENDAR
HOW WOULD YOU SURVIVE?
DRINK FROM THE SPRINGS OF THE BED, AND
EAT THE DATES OFF THE CALENDAR.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS JOKE WHEN I WAS LIVING IN DETROIT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
DARKNESS
IF YOU WERE IN A COMPLETELY DARK ROOM WHERE THERE
WAS NO EXIT AND ALL THERE WAS IN THE HOLE WAS A
MIRROR, HOW COULD YOU GET OUT?
LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO SEE WHAT YOU SAW,
TAKE THE SAW AND SAW A HOLE THROUGH THE WALL TO GET OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS RIDDLE WENT AROUND AND WAS QUITE
POPULAR WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
RIDDLE QUESTION
HOW DO YOU STOP A CHARGING ELEPHANT?
TAKE AWAY HIS CREDIT CARD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THE JOKE ABOUT A WEEK AGO WITH OTHER
ELEPHANT JOKES WHICH WERE POPULAR IN SEPTEMBER, 1963.
HE DIDN'T REMEMBER HIS EXACT SOURCE.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Entry filtered.
WHAT IS THE LARGEST ROOM IN THE WORLD?
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
WHAT DID ONE VOLCANO SAY TO ANOTHER VOLCANO?
LAVA, COME BACK.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): PUN ON LOVER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
WHAT IS GRAY HAS FOUR LEGS AND A TRUNK?
A MOUSE ON VACATION.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ELEPHANT ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
RIDDLE
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A NEWSPAPER
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY FATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
RIDDLE QUESTION
DO YOU KNOW WHY CHRIST NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE?
BECAUSE HE GOT NAILED ON THE BOARDS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-19-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT DOES A PAINTER SAY TO THE WALL?
ONE MORE CRACK AND I'LL PLASTER YOU.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
FIT FOR A KING
WHAT KING DO TWO FULL GLASSES AND AN EMPTY ONE REMIND YOU OF?
KING PHILUP THE THIRD.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS RIDDLE FROM "BABE" KOZLOWSKI WHEN I WAS ABOUT
10 YEARS OLD( C 1935 ). "BABE" WAS THE SON OF THE LADY FROM
WHOM MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PHILIP PERSONAL NAME ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 05-00-1965