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PARODY OF A PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY IS A PENNY SAVED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR? ; NONSEQUITUR? ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VERSE FROM MURDER
LIZZY BORDON TOOK AN AX/
AND GAVE HER MOTHER FORTY WHACKS/
WHEN SHE SAW WHAT SHE HAD DONE/
SHE GAVE HER FATHER FORTY-ONE.
Submitter comment:
THE FOLLOWING VERSE CAME ABOUT AFTER A FAMOUS MURDER TOOK PLACE.
I AM NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING OF THE NAME.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY KETPUNCHER
Where learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX ; NARRATIVE VERSE JUMP ROPE RHYME ; NONSEQUITUR ; RHYME: AABB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORANGES?
ALLIGATORS BECAUSE VESTS HAVE NO SLEEVES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ACTUALLY A RIDDLE THAT POKES FUN AT SOMEONE THAT SAYS THINGS
THAT MAKE NO SENSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): NON-SEQUITUR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
DO YOU WALK TO WORK OR BRING YOUR LUNCH?
Submitter comment: YOU SAY THIS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FALSE DISFUNCTION ; NON-SEQUITUR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001975
TRADITION
WHEN YOU ARE SITTING AROUND A CAMPFIRE AT NIGHT AND THE WIND BLOWS
SMOKE IN YOUR EYES, THE PERSON RETORTS WITH; MM
I HATE RABBITS
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD OF THIS STATEMENT WHILE CAMPING IN
ONTARIO, CANADA. WHEN QUESTIONED, HE COULD OFFER NO EXPLANATION
AND CLAIMED THAT HIS FAMILY HAD ALWAYS DONE IT. PERHAPS A RABBIT
IS ASSOCIATED WITH MISFORTUNE (SMOKE IN THE EYES). ANOTHER
EXPLANATION COULD BE THAT RABBITS ARE SUPPOSED TO SEE GOOD AND
SMOKE IN THE EYES PREVENTS PROPER SIGHT. HENCE, "I HATE RABBITS".
THE EARLIEST DATE THAT THE INFORMANT COULD RECALL THIS WAS IN THE
SUMMER AROUND 1965.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): NON-SEQUITUR
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1980
TAUNT IN PROSE
THIS IS A SARCASTIC RETORT USED WHEN A PERSON HAS HAD
A SARCASTIC REMARK DIRECTED TOWARD THEM:
YOUR HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL. I NEVER KNEW STEEL WOOL
COULD LOOK SO GOOD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
James Callow Keyword(s): NONSEQUITER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-19-1968
IF GOD IS LOVE
AND LOVE IS BLIND
THEN RAY CHARLES MUST BE GOD!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTY REASONING ; NONSEQUITUR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
THROW IN THE TOWEL
Keyword(s): QUIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968