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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BUS DRIVER AND A BAD COLD?
ONE KNOWS THE STOPS, AND THE OTHER STOPS THE NOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIGH, A HOME, AND A DONKEY?
A SIGH IS "OH, DEAR"; A HOME IS "SO DEAR"; AND A DONKEY IS "YOU DEAR"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TEACHER AND A TRAIN?
THE TEACHER SAYS, "TAKE THAT GUM OUT OF YOUR MOUTH"; THE TRAIN
SAYS, "CHOO, CHOO".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MILK AND BREAD?
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I WOULDN'T SEND YOU TO THE STORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001967 WINTER
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOUSE ON ONE SIDE OF A FIELD AND
A HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD? A LOT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
Play on Words
Play on Words:
Paradox: Casey and Kildare...
(Pair of doc's)
Submitter comment:
Val Zelnick. Heard long ago in grade-school. It is a way of remembering the word and its meaning, besides being a play on words.
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Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S300] crossed out. Nothing is written to replace it.
Submission card located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Keyword(s): Doctors ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; PARADOX ; SATIRE OF DOCTORS ; Wit ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech |
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Play on Words
Thrones:
IN darkest Africa one time, there were some wicked men who terrorized the natives of the various tribes by exploiting them for their valuables. In fact, these men would go to the chief's hut and steal his throne, because they were usually adorned with gold and diamonds and all sorts of other precious stones.
Well, the word got around to one particular chief that thesemen were coming to his village. Not wanting his throne stolen, he had it hidden up in the attic of his grass hut. When the wicked men arrived, they only found a plain wooden chair as a throne. Thinking that this was not a worthwhile village profitably, they decided to leave. All of a sudden, without warning, the ceiling gave out, and the chief's magnificent throne fell to the ground in front of everybody. discovering this prize, the men packed it up and left the king with no throne.
The moral of this story: People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones.
Submitter comment:
I heard this a few years ago, but I don't remember when. the informant has also slipped my mind. / I don't remember where or whom I heard this from.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S570] crossed out/replaced with current classification
Written underneath the BN: [Shaggy Dog - Pun Type]
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): DETECTION OF THIEF ; Fable ; JOKE ; PUN ; SHAGGY DOG STORY ; Throne ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Signatures:
Don't let your meat loaf
Data entry tech comment:
entered by TRD
Where learned: Rhode Island ; PROVIDENCE
Keyword(s): loaf ; meat ; meatloaf ; PLAY ON WORDS ; Signature
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Retort
Yea, she was bread in old Kentucky, but she's only a crumb up here.
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James Callow comment:
[To What?] is written next to the title.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HORSE ; INSULT ; Kentucky ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
I feel like a tailor.
How's that?
sew-sew.
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Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Fabric ; HUMOR ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SEWING ; Tailor ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
There's a method in my madness.
There's a madness in my method.
Submitter comment:
Heard this in high school.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; MADNESS ; Method ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RETORT ; Sanity ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
The fellow who comes into a bar optimistically, leave misty-optically.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRUNK ; HUMOR ; Jest ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
One picture is worth a thousand words.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Picture ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wise ; WORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he picked up the hammer and saw.
Submitter comment:
Heard frequently in New Brighton, MInn.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MINNESOTA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he took up his hammer and saw.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man to his deaf wife.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; DEAF ; HUSBAND ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; VERSE ; Wellerism ; Wife
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
I see said the blind man and he picked up his hammer and saw.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; METAPHOR ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |