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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Q:WHY DID THE POLE LOSE HIS JOB AS AN ELEVATOR OPERATOR?
A:HE COULDN'T LEARN THE ROUTE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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Q:WHY DO JEWS HAVE BIG NOSES?
A:AIR IS FREE.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish ; JOKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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A:WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CROSS A NEGRO WITH A JEW?
B:A JANITOR, BUT HE OWNS THE BUILDING!
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): African American ; Black ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT IS THE ITALIAN METHOD OF PLAYING CHESS?
SET UP THE PIECES FACING THE EDGE OF THE BOARD SO THAT
THEY CAN RETREAT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Chess ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Italian ; JOKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CROSS A POLLACK WITH A NEGRO?
A RETARDED JANITOR
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Black ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Janitor ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHY DO POLLACKS PAINT THEIR GARBAGE CANS TURQUOISE AND
ORANGE?
SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR EATING AT HOWARD JOHNSON'S.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Ethnic Slurs ; GARBAGE ; Howard Johnson ; JOKE ; POLISH ; Restaurant ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
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WHY DOES IT TAKE TWO POLACKS TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC?
ONE TO SWIM AND ONE TO WALK ON THE SLIME.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Atlantic ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; Ocean ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN YOUR DRIVING THROUGH A POLISH
NEIGHBORHOOD?
THE TOILET PAPER IS ON THE CLOTHSLINE DRYING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; Neighborhood ; POLISH ; Toilet Paper
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT DO YOU CALL FOUR POLACK GIRLS IN A MUD PUDDLE?
THE BAY OF PIGS.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bay of Pigs ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT DID THE POLACK THINK AN IRISH JIG WAS?
ELLA FITZGERALD
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Ella Fitzgerald ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Irish ; Jig ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHY DO POLACKS MAKE THE WEDDING CAKE OUT OF GARBAGE?
TO KEEP THE FLIES OFF THE BRIDE
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bride ; Cake ; Ethnic Slurs ; JOKE ; POLISH ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BREAK A POLE'S NECK?
SLAM DOWN THE TOILET SEAT
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH ; Toilet
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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THERE ONCE WAS A POLE SO LAZY HE MARRIED A PREGNANT WOMAN.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; LAZY ; POLISH ; PREGNANT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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SPOOK---MEANS ANYONE WHO IS BLACKER THAN YOU.
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Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; Derisive ; ETHNIC ; Nickname ; SLANG ; Slur
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
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AARDVARK---MEANS A WHITE PERSON DEEMED ACCEPTABLE.
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Keyword(s): COLOR ; RACE ; SLANG ; Slur ; White
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
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MILITARY DOUBLE-TIME DRILL CHANT
I WANT TO BE AN AIRBORNE RANGER.
I WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM.
I WANT TO BE AN AIRBORNE RANGER,
SO I CAN KILL ME A CHARLIE CONG. MM
ALL THE WAY.
ONE-TWO.
ALL THE WAY.
ONE-TWO.
UP THE HILL.
ONE-TWO.
DOWN THE HILL.
ONE-TWO.
OVER THE HILL (ETC.).
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Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; Cadence ; CHANT ; March ; Marching ; MILITARY ; Slur
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
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COUNTING OUT RHYME
EENIE MEENIE MINIE MOE CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE IF HE HOLLERS
LET HIM GO, EENIE MEENIE MINIE MOE.
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THE CHILDREN SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THE CALLER TOUCHES ONE FOOT
FOR EACH WORD HE SAYS. THE LAST PERSON TOUCHED WITHDRAWS HIS
FOOT. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT. HE THEN IS IT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): Rhyme, Game, Slur,
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
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FOLK ETYMOLOGY: SHYSTER
THIS WORD IS THE CURRENT NAME OF AN UNSCRUPULOUS LAWYER. A
GERMAN LAWYER OF NEW YORK ONCE APPLIED FOR A WARRANT FOR A
CLIENT WHO HAD SLANDERED HIM BY CALLING HIM A VULGAR NAME
WHICH, AS PRONOUNCED BY THE LAWYER, SOUNDED LIKE SHYSTER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Anti-Semitic ; ETYMOLOGY ; INSULT ; Jewish ; Origin ; Slur
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law SPEECH -- S478 |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
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COLLEGE JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
PANTY RAIDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
CAMPUS BECAUSE THE CO-EDS DON'T WEAR ANY UNDERWEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IMMODESTY ; SEXUAL SLUR ; UNDERWEAR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN