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MORON
WHY DID THE LITTLE MORON LOCK HIS PAPA IN THE ICEBOX?
BECAUSE HE WANTED COLD POP!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR OF THE MORON WHO TOOK HIS NOSE APART TO SEE
WHAT MADE IT RUN?
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
LITTLE MORON'S WIFE SENT HIM DOWN TOWN AFTER A BUCKET
OF ICE. HE CAME BACK WITH A PAIL OF WATER. "I GOT THIS
FOR HALF PRICE, BECAUSE IT WAS MELTED."
Submitter comment:
DOEN'T KNOW (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
LITTLE MORON TOOK TWO SLICES OF BREAD AND WENT DOWN AND
SAT ON THE STREET CORNER WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC JAM.
A BIG TRUCK CAME ALONG AND GAVE HIM A JAR.
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T KNOW (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHY DID THE LITTLE MORON GO TO THE LUMBER YARD? TO LOOK
FOR HIS DRAFT BOARD!
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THEN THERE WAS THE LITTLE MORON WHO BROKE HIS LEG WHEN
HE THREW HIS CIGARETTE BUTT DOWN THE MANHOLE AND TRIED
TO STEP ON IT.
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
TWO LITTLE MORONS WERE HUNTING. THE FIRST ONE SHOT A DUCK,
AND WHEN IT FELL AT HIS FEET, HE FELT SO BAD THAT THE
LITTLE DUCK HAD DIED, WHEN HE SHOT IT. THE OTHER SAID,
"OH, DON'T FEEL SO BAD. THE FALL WOULD HAVE KILLED IT
ANYWAY."
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THE LITTLE MORON WAS NAILING SHINGLES ON THE HOUSE.
SOMEBODY NOTICED THAT HE WAS THROWING HALF THE NAILS AWAY.
THEY ASKED HIM WHY. THE LITTLE MORON SAID, "BECAUSE, THE
HEADS ARE ON THE WRONG END." "WELL YOU DOPE," / SAID THE
OTHER, "THOSE ARE FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE."
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
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MORON
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THEN THERE WAS THE LITTLE MORON WHO WENT TO A FOOTBALL
GAME BECAUSE HE THOUGHT A QUARTERBACK WAS A REFUND.
Submitter comment:
(HEARD) AT BOSTON COLLEGE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR OF THE LITTLE MORON WHO TOOK OFF HIS KNEE
CAP TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY BEER IN THE JOINT?
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE LITTLE MORON WHO SAT UP ALL NIGHT
ON HIS WEDDING NIGHT GAZING OUT OF THE WINDOW, BECAUSE
HIS MOTHER HAD TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE THE MOST WONDERFUL
NIGHT HE EVER SAW?
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
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MORON
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THERE WERE TWO MORONS WHO WERE WAITING FOR A STREETCAR.
ONE ASKED THE OTHER IF HE THOUGHT THE CAR HAD ALREADY
GONE. "YES, IT MUST HAVE GONE," THE OTHER EXCLAIMED,
"THERE'S ITS TRACKS!"
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T REMEMBER (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR OF THE LITTLE MORON BRIDE WHO SAT DOWN AND
CRIED BITTERLY WHEN HER HUSBAND WENT OUT TO SHOOT
CRAPS? SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COOK THEM!
Submitter comment:
DOESN'T KNOW (ORIGIN)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE LITTLE MORON WHO WENT STROLLING
ALONG THE BEACH AND SAW A NUDE WOMAN COME OUT OF THE
WATER? HE SAID, "BOY WOULDN'T SHE LOOK GOOD IN A
BATHING SUIT!"
Submitter comment:
(HEARD) AT WORK
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 11-18-1967
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MORON
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE LITTLE MORON WHO WAS SO
BASHFUL THAT HE HAD TO GO INTO ANOTHER ROOM TO
CHANGE HIS MIND?
Submitter comment:
AT WORK
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
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JOE AND MARY TOOK A WALK IN THE WOODS. JOE SAT DOWN
AND ASKED MARY TO TAKE OFF HER CLOTHES. MARY
LAUGHED, SHE KNEW THEY WOULD NEVER FIT JOE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE LAZY POLAK? HE MARRIED A
PREGNANT WOMAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLAKS WHO WENT ICE FISHING?
THEY CAME BACK WITH A HUNDRED POUNDS OF ICE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
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THESE TWO POLAKS WENT FISHING AND THEY WERE HAVING A
LOT OF SUCCESS. ONE OF THEM SAID, "HEY, THIS IS
GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TOMORROW."
THE OTHER ONE SAID, "GOOD IDEA." SO HE TOOK A CRAYON
OUT OF HIS POCKET AND MARKED A BIG, BLACK "X" ON THE
SIDE OF THE BOAT. THE OTHER POLAK SAID, "WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?" HE SAID, "I'M MARKING THE SPOT, SO WE DON'T
FORGET IT." THE OTHER ONE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID?
HOW DO WE KNOW WE'LL EVEN GET THE SAME BOAT?"
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
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POLISH HOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THERE WAS THIS POLACK DIGGING DITCHES. NOT TOO FAR
FROM WHERE HE WAS WORKING, THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION
WORKER, HIGH UP ON TOP THE BUILDING. THIS POOR
POLACK, THE MORE HE DUG, THE MORE HE THOUGHT, "WHY
CAN'T I WORK ONE JOB LIKE THAT?" SO WHEN THE POLACK'S
FOREMAN WALKED BY, HE ASKED HIM, "SAY, WHY CAN'T I WORK
WITH THAT GUY UP THERE." THE FOREMAN SAYS, "I DON'T
KNOW. GO UP AND ASK HIM." SO THE POLACK CLIMBS
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING, AND HE SAYS TO
THE MAN, "HEY, HOW CAN I GET A JOB LIKE THIS." THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKER LOOKED AT THE POLACK AND HE SAYS,
"YOU CAN NEVER HAVE A JOB LIKE THIS." "WHY?" ASKS THE
POLACK. "WELL," ANSWERS THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER, "YOU
DON'T HAVE COMMON SENSE." SO THE POLACK ASKS, "WHAT'S
COMMON SENSE?" "HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU," SAYS THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKER. HE PUTS HIS HAND AGAINST A STEEL
BEAM AND SAYS TO THE POLACK, "SEE MY HAND. HIT IT
AS HARD AS YOU CAN." AND THE POLACK DOES.
THE NEXT DAY THE POLACK WAS BACK DIGGING DITCHES.
THE FOREMAN COMES ALONG AND ASKS HIM, "WELL, DID YOU FIND
OUT WHY YOU CAN'T WORK UP THERE?" "YES," REPLIES THE
POLACK, "BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE COMMON SENSE." "WHAT DO
YOU MEAN?" ASKS THE FOREMAN. "I'LL SHOW YOU," SAYS
THE POLACK. LOOKING AROUND, HE COULDN'T FIND A STEEL
BEAM, SO HE HOLDS HIS HAND UP TO HIS FACE AND SAYS,
"SEE MY HAND? WELL HIT IT AS HARD AS YOU CAN."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 3-5-1967 WHEN MY COUSIN RON VISITED
ME. WE ARE BOTH PART POLISH AND ENJOY EXCHANGING
POLISH HOKES WITH EACH OTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |