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SIGNATURES
YOURS TILL GINGER SNAPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
SIGNATURES
YOURS TILL CATS KILL MOUNTAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
GREETING GAME
HELLO CHEST! (PAT ON CHEST ) GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK (PAT ON BACK )
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN YEARS (PULL EAR), BUT STILL I NOSE YA!"
(PULL NOSE)
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN (NOSE AND KNOWS)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-26-1972
THE SKUNKS
MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HOW DOES THE BIG MOUNTAIN CALL HIS SON? (HE YELLS, "HEY CLIFF")
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON FIRST NAME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHAT DID THE RIGHT EYE SAY TO THE LEFT EYE? (THERE'S SOMETHING
BETWEEN US THAT SMELLS.)
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): NOSE ; PUN ON SMELLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HAIR TODAY---BALD TOMORROW
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS YEARS BACK PROBABLY AROUND 1928
James Callow comment:
PARODY OF HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
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GRANDPA TELLS WHEN HE WENT TO SCHOOL. HE WENT TO CHURCH EVERY
SUNDAY WITH HIS MOTHER, AFTER BOTH CAME HOME HE WOULD GET A SMACK
IN THE HEAD. HE WONDERED FOR A LONG TIME WHAT FOR. BUT AS HE GOT
OLDER HE KNEW THE NUNS AND MOTHER USED TO STAND TOGETHER AFTER
CHURCH AND WHAT WAS SPILLED BETWEEN THE TWO HE NEVER COULD FIND
OUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
IT'S NOT THE COUGH THAT CARRIES YOU OFF, IT'S THE COFFIN THEY
CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A HUMOROUS EXPRESSION WHENEVER SOMEONE HAD A COUGH.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
RIDDLE
WHY WERE THE INDIANS HERE FIRST? ANSWER: BECAUSE THEY HAD
RESERVATIONS. ANOTHER OF THE INFORMANT'S FAVORITE RIDDLES. THE
INFORMANT SAID NO ONE IS EVER ABLE TO GUESS THE ANSWER TO THIS
RIDDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Favorites RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-18-1972
MILITARY CUSTOM
BLANKET PARTY: } WHEN A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY DOES SOMETHING THAT
VIOLENTLY DISPLEASES A GROUP OF FELLOW SERVICE MEN STATIONED WITH
HIM, THIS FORM OF REVENGE IS CARRIED OUT. THE MALIGNED GROUP
GATHERS TOGETHER AFTER LIGHTS OUT AND THROW A BLANKET OVER THE
SLEEPING VICTIM AND BEAT ON HIM UNTIL THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR
REVENGE. IN DOING THIS, THE VIOLATOR DOES NOT KNOW WHO THE
INDIVIDUALS WERE THAT TOOK PART IN THE BEATING.
Submitter comment:
I ACTUALLY SAW THIS OCCUR WHILD IN BASIC TRAINING, AND THE BEATEN
MAN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 09-27-1972
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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
A. KNOCK KNOCK Q. WHO'S THERE? A. SARA Q. SARA WHO? A. SARA DOCTOR
IN THE HOUSE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN?
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- W 40 |
Date learned: 09-15-1972
Joke: Off-Color
HOW DO YOU MAKE A DEAD BABY FLOAT?
TAKE ONE DEAD BABY, ADD TWO SCOOPS OF ICE-CREAM AND A CAN OF POP.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 12-2010 by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-04-1972
YOUR'S UNTIL RUSSIA GETS HUNGARY,
AND FRIES TURKEY IN GREECE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNS ON NAMES OR COUNTRIES
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS YOU LIKE THE BEST,
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; PUN: TULIPS AND TWO LIPS ; RHYME: ABCB ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
YOUR'S 'TILL THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS,
AND SEAS THE SALAD DRESSING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EUPHEMISM: HEAT FOR HELL ; PUNS ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
YOUR'S 'TILL THE KITCHEN SINKS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 10-18-1972