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GRAFFITI
LEON TROTSKY IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN HAMTRAMYCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DID NOT KNOW WHO LEON TROTSKY WAS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
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JEWISH JOKE
A CATHOLIC PRIEST AND A JEWISH RABBI LIVED CLOSE TO EACH
OTHER. ONE DAY THE PRIEST WAS GIVEN A NEW CAR AND
PROMPTLY WENT OUT AND BLESSED IT WITH WATER. THE
RABBI SAW THIS AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE, WENT INSIDE AND
CAME OUT WITH CUTTERS. HE WENT TO HIS CAR AND CUT OFF
A PIECE OF THE TAILPIPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCUMCISION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-27-1967
SONG
MCDONALDS IS YOUR KINDA PLACE
HAMBURGERS IN YOUR FACE.
FRENCH FRIES UP YOUR NOSE,
COKES DOWN YOUR PANTYHOSE.
LAST TIME I WAS THERE,
THEY FRIED MY UNDERWEAR.
MCDONALDS IS YOUR KINDA PLACE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM SOME FRIENDS IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MC'DONALD'S IS A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CHAIN.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001978CA
Retort
If someone is giving you a made up excuse and they are doing a poor job of pulling the wool over your eyes then merely say:
Tell it to Murphy, McCarthy already heard it.
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James Callow comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; EXCUSE ; McCarthy ; Murphy ; RETORT ; Wool
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |