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RIDDLE
HOW CAN YOU TELL A HAPPY MOTORCYCLIST?
BY THE BUGS IN HIS TEETH.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
CUT-THE-CHEESE
TWO PEOPLE START SWINGING A JUMP-ROPE. THE OBJECT
IS TO BE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH THE ROPE WITHOUT
TOUCHING IT. COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN
DO IT. ONE WHO DOES IT THE MOST TIMES WITHOUT
TOUCHING THE ROPE WINS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ON WAY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
FREEZE TAG
SOMEONE IS CALLED IT. EVERYONE HE TAGS IS FROZE(N) TO
THE SPOT AND CAN'T MOVE UNLESS SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN
CAUGHT YET TAGS THEM. THEN THEY ARE FREE TIL THEY
GET CAUGHT AGAIN. GAME GOES ON TIL IT TAGS EVERYONE
OR ELSE GIVES UP. THEN A NEW PERSON IS CALLED TO BE
IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ON WAY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
TRAMP STORY
TWO BUMS ARRIVE AT THE BACK DOOR OF A HOME AND ASK FOR
A MEAL. THE LADY OF THE HOUSE GIVES THE TWO TRAMPS
A BROOM AND BASEBALL BAT. AFTER THEY BEAT HER RUGS
WHICH ARE HANGING IN THE YARD, SHE WILL FEED THEM.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE LADY LOOKS OUTSIDE AND SEES ONE
OF THE BUMS, JUMPING UP AND DOWN., MAKING GREAT LEAPS
THROUGH THE AIR, AND RUNNING AROUND VIGOROUSLY. SHE
CALLS THE OTHER BUM OVER TO THE DOOR AND COMMENTS
THAT IT IS A SHAME THAT A MAN WITH SO MUCH TALENT,
GRACE, AND FORM SHOULD TURN OUT TO BE A BUM. THE
LISTENER ASKED WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND SHE TOLD
HIM WHAT SHE HAD SEEN FROM THE WINDOW. HE LAUGHED,
AND SAID, "LADY YOU WOULD DANCE AROUND LIKE THAT, TOO,
IF SOMEONE HAD JUST HIT YOU IN THE NUTS WITH A BASEBALL
BAT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
INDIAN STORY
IT SEEMS AN INDIAN WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GREAT MEMORY
SO MUCH SO THAT HIS FAME HAD SPREAD. ONE DAY, HE
CAME INTO A RESTAURANT AND ORDERED A COUPLE OF EGGS.
JUST THEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE INDIAN WAS
INJURED, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND WAS RELEASED.
WAR BROKE OUT AND HE WAS DRAFTED, SERVED IN THE PACIFIC,
AND EVENTUALLY AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, WAS DISCHARGED.
SO AFTER ABOUT TEN YEARS, HE AGAIN WALKS INTO A
RESTAURANT AND THE SAME PROPRIETOR WAITS ON HIM.
JOKINGLY, THE PROPRIETOR, NOT RECOGNIZING HIM, SAYS,
"HOW!" THE INDIAN REPLIED, "SCRAMBLED."
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THIS STORY SO OFTEN OVER A PERIOD OF
YEARS THAT I NO LONGER HAVE ANY IDEA WHO TOLD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN